the sad thing about for the bible tell me so be that the people who need to see this most be the one who will be forbid by their church to watch this very timely documentary . but for those who do get to see it they will be inspire and uplifted . a a gay 60 year old man who have live in the last half of the last century i saw many marvelous change at how gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgendered people have be view in american society and in the world at large . grow up a i do in the fifty and sixty it would never occur to me to do something as courageous a young jacob reinert and not only come out in mankato and minnesota and but bring his parent into the fight for equality . for too many still gay be something where emotion kick in and reason just fly out the door . why be it so and religion and those few bible verse put down for an ancient tribe to make sure they multiply and dominate and have become the touchstone to justify all kind of hatred and bigotry . a distinguished group of religious scholar talk about how this come to be in western monotheist religion . there not names you know associate with christianity or judaism because there not on the air and in your pocket to stay on the air . they present quite a contrast with the bible thumpers where we see video go back as far a billy sunday . the man who come in for the most scorn be james dobson and pop psychologist and big kingpin on the religious right . young jacob reinert attempt to confront him and but the most moving story in the film concern mary ann wallner who listen to dobson advice about reject her lesbian daughter who later kill herself . for the bible tell me so make it abundantly clear the political nature of the anti gay religious right . glbt people be the other the straw villain you create to justify why the populace should empower your crowd . a hitler do to the jew and so the religious right have do to u . my favorite moment in the film be when one of the scholar challenge these religious leader to obey jesus commandment to sell all you have and give it to the poor and then you can follow him . talk about selective bible reading and can you see a pat robertson do that . it can never be forget that these folk place different emphasis on certain bible verse a oppose to others . my work life consist in large degree of work at nys crime victim board a an openly gay investigator . i saw the most manifest example of anti gay hate and culminating in violence with serious injury and death . the religious right who keep talk about how our sin be so horrible be the one who give justification to those who would do u bodily harm . i wish they could see their handiwork from where i sit for 23 year . for the bible tell me so and be an excellent documentary that will hopefully win an oscar in that category next year . and this review be dedicate to the young people from soul force i meet and break bread with in my city this past spring . as long a there be people like these confront the hate and get the message out and i have no worry about a movement or it ultimate success .