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Is Homosexuality Against Gods Will?

Jevin Riven

Oklahoma State University

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For the Bible Tells Me So is a documentary about the LGBT community. It

essentially talks about connection between the Bible and homosexuality, and how people

use the Bible to diminish the community. The main argument in this film is the constant

debate between the people of the church and how they think that people in the LGBT

community are damned to hell for being gay. It additionally shows how different

extremely fundamentalist Christian families reacted to when their son or daughter came

out to them. A couple of concepts that I recognize from class are sexuality and gender

roles. Sexuality and homophobia play an immense portion in this documentary. I will be

explaining the concepts of sexuality and homophobia since they play a great part in

society.

This documentary covers many parts and aspects of the relationship between the

Bible and the homosexual community. Two main arguments or points that I felt that stuck

out the most is whether the Bible accurately says that the relationship between a man and

a woman, and whether being gay is a choice or you were born that way. In the Bible the

main book that most people bring up is Leviticus chapter twenty. The main verse is If a

man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an

abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them (Leviticus

20: 13). It is brought up because it says that a man laying with another man like you

would if he were a woman is a sin and they should be put to death. In old times it was

taken very seriously and people were killed if they were caught. The argument against

this passage is that it is very contradicting with other lines in Leviticus that state that you

should not wear clothing made up of two kinds of materials, also it says you should not

tattoo your body. It also says that judging people on their weight or height is a sin. So
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these people who bash on gays using the Bible, as a safe goat isnt fair. If they condemn

gay people using the Bible as a reason then they must condemn people who have tattoos

or wear mixed clothing. Another part in the film that gets discussed greatly is the

argument whether being gay is a choice or you were born that way. According to the film

there are multiple researches done by very credible sources that say it is not a choice and

that there is a specific process that the mother goes through during pregnancy. There is

'argue that it is a choice and that people decide to become gay or decide to be un-guy

Sexuality is a persons sexual desires, behaviors, and identity (Intro to Sociology).

Classifying people as gay most people think of a man with another man or woman with

another woman, but you have to look at it through a bigger view there are more things

that play into someones sexuality. Its not just sleeping with the same sex. Most gays I

think dont just classify themselves as gay because they like the same sex but because it

is a lifestyle they choose to live. It applies to the film because of the few people that came

out to their parents had been hiding their identity from their parents and felt that they

couldnt be their full selves until they told their parents and once they did that they found

their true identity. When people judge gays its a form of homophobia. Homophobia

doesnt just mean you fear gays it also means that you are at a disapproval of them (Intro

To Sociology). The people in the documentary who are condemning gays are actually

homophobes. They dont explicitly say Im afraid of gays. But they are by saying they

arent at the level of heterosexual humans.

After watching the film my opinions about the arguments made before watching

the film were the same. When it comes to using the Bible as a resource to discriminate

against gays I think it is completely ridiculous. There are so many other verses in the
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Bible that say if you do this or that then you are sinning. So if they are condemning gays

for committing sin and saying they are going to hell then I could do the equivalent to

them for wearing clothing with more than one kind of material. They could be sinning for

judging Gods children or being to modest about the fact that they are not going to hell.

There are hundreds of sins that they commit everyday but dont notice because they are

too busy about worrying about other people. Personally I dont have an opinion when it

comes to whether or not being homosexual is a choice or they were born that way. Ive

just heard numerous arguments coming from both sides for me to honestly give an

answer. I dont agree with the people of the church trying to force an opinion on

someone.

The moral of this film I believe is to educate the public on this subject because

people listen by word of mouth and dont do research. This film helped me understand

better and reassure my ideals and my opinions on LGBT. I think God made this earth and

everyone in it with a purpose and reason. I believe that we should just let people live their

lives and if it comes down to it at the end of the road and they dont make it to those

golden gates then so be it. Theres really no room on the earth for fundamentalist

Christians who judge people for their sexual orientation. They should worry about their

own business, and let them do their part in society to make the world a better place.
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Works Cited

For the Bible Tells Me so. Dir. Daniel Karslake. First Run Features, 2008. Film.

Introduction to Sociology. McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Book.