Summary Of The Documentary 'For The Bible Tells Me So'
“Take me to church , I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies”(Hozier). This song was released in 2013 and is a popular song that speaks about the relationship between same sex couples. In his music video it shows the violent backlash the homosexual couple received because being “gay” is not accepted within the church community. The lyrics represent the frustration that Hozier feels about the Catholic Church and their stance on homosexual relationships. This song and music video allowed me to compare the feelings and misunderstanding individuals feel in regards to same sex relationships. The segment, documentary “For the Bible Tells Me So”, the Poteat’s fundamentalist religious beliefs affected their attitudes toward their daughter’s
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Poteat are Christian preachers in Haw River, North Carolina and Mrs. Poteat states “as a minister, im gonna tell them what the word of God says..”. In the bible Leviticus 20:13, says “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads”. So their attitudes or mindsets are to completely reject the actions their daughter’s sexual preference. Tonia and Brenda’s mother and daughter relationship was very close and resembled a strong bond of best friends but in efforts to strengthen their bond Tonia coming out realized it was “remarkably unsuccessful”. This means when Tonia came out to her mother, she wasn’t fully accepted with open arms. Brenda’s stereotyped feelings toward gay men and lesbians are that they feel as if they are playing heterosexual roles. The stereotype often thinks that men want to be the women in the relationship, but they just want to be themselves. She says a talk show that made her realize that all she thought about was how her daughter was having sex and didn’t think of her as a person. Also the In Living Color, small skit allows individuals to think that when you hear the term homosexual, you think of the girly man or the butch
Poteat are Christian preachers in Haw River, North Carolina and Mrs. Poteat states “as a minister, im gonna tell them what the word of God says..”. In the bible Leviticus 20:13, says “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads”. So their attitudes or mindsets are to completely reject the actions their daughter’s sexual preference. Tonia and Brenda’s mother and daughter relationship was very close and resembled a strong bond of best friends but in efforts to strengthen their bond Tonia coming out realized it was “remarkably unsuccessful”. This means when Tonia came out to her mother, she wasn’t fully accepted with open arms. Brenda’s stereotyped feelings toward gay men and lesbians are that they feel as if they are playing heterosexual roles. The stereotype often thinks that men want to be the women in the relationship, but they just want to be themselves. She says a talk show that made her realize that all she thought about was how her daughter was having sex and didn’t think of her as a person. Also the In Living Color, small skit allows individuals to think that when you hear the term homosexual, you think of the girly man or the butch