Review of For the Bible Tells Me So (2007) by Joe E — 08 Jul 2016

I always found religious documentaries interesting. Whether they're pro-religion or anti-religion, there's always something interesting going on and this one is no different. For The Bible Tells Me So is a documentary about gay people and how the church acts towards them and vice versa.

I found this to be a very depressing movie. The main focus is a couple of religious families who have gay children. There is one especially heartbreaking story where the mother didn't approve of her daughter being gay so she said quite a lot of mean stuff to her which led to the girl taking her own life! That really got to me, it was truly disturbing.

There aren't only depressing stories, though. My most favourite family was the one who actually accepted their son for being gay and even started this group to show how gay people aren't abominations.

They truly love their son and even if they're religious, they accepted him for who he was even though at first they were shocked and didn't know how to handle it. In the end, the love of their son won and it was just beautiful to see how they supported him.

The movie also focuses on why church doesn't approve of gay people and how they tried to "cure" gay children, which was horrible. Some parents sent their kids to the psychiatrist because they feared they children would go to Hell.

Which is just ridiculous, you can't cure what isn't a disease/illness. It's awful how they treated these kids. To end this review on a happier note, the movie also showed us how the Church got its first ever gay bishop and I loved how other reverends and bishops talked about him, how they supported this, how it was a step in the right direction for Church.

All in all, a terrific documentary that shows some really important things considering the Church and gay people. I would highly recommend checking this movie out.