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So I was watching this film on Christianity and homosexuality. A fellow Mike Gravel supporter on MySpace posted the video as one of her bulletins. It's a great film by the way if you guys would care to watch it you can find it at the following address, but I warn you its almost two hours long and does have graphic content (as in death, not gay sex or anything):

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8079306
618277312330&autoplay=1

What an inspiring film, truly! I told myself, I'll watch some of the film and watch the rest in the morning if it catches my interest. And boy did it catch my interest, I ended up staying up late watching the whole thing. What an insight to what different Christians believe. This film does a great job at making the subject feel personal. I don't want to talk to much about the film because that would just take too long. What I did want to talk about are the powerful words that Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa had to say at the end of the film. These words really hit me like a ton of bricks. Something to, if anything else, simply get you thinking a bit. He stated;

"I can't for the life of me imagine god would say, 'I will punish you because you are black, you should have been white. I will punish you because your a women, you should have been a man. I punish you because you are homosexual, you ought to have been heterosexual.' I can't for the life of me believe that is how God sees things"

I just thought to myself, wow... This man has a heart of gold. He's also a nobel peace prize laureate. For those of you who may be wondering why I'm even interested on the subject, it's really quite simple. I'm a strong supporter of Civil Rights and I know that there is plenty of work that needs to be done still. the battle didn't end with Dr. King. Also, for my gay and lesbian friends. Lastly, because I feel they deserve all the rights we have as heterosexuals. No homosexual should be treated like a second class citizen and currently, thats exactly how they're treated.

So my questions to you are the following:

How do you feel about homosexuality?
What do you think about Archbishop Tutu's statement?
Do you support gay marriage (Religious and/or government institution)?

And if you actually watch the film, what did you think about the film?

Side Note: Archbishop Tutu was actually in San Francisco during the protests of the Olympic torch supporting pro-Tibet protesters. But he was actually there to speak to a LGBTI group to apologize on behalf of his Church for ostracizing them.

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