In Oklahoma, you can be a Democrat or you can be a Christian. But you can't be both.
~ Rev. Robin Meyers, Mayflower United Church of Christ, Oklahoma CityI'd like to draw your attention to this promising-looking resource. Tomorrow at 3 P.M. CST / 4 P.M. EST, there will be a live online screening of the award-winning film "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel," directed and produced by Jeanine Butler and Catherine Lynn Butler. Information — including information about how you can log in and watch — is at this link.
As the site to which I have just pointed you states,
American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel takes audiences into the buckle of Bible belt where a group of defiant ministers, congregations, and community leaders are challenging deeply rooted fundamentalist Christian doctrine in favor of a Gospel of Inclusion. Labeled as "heretics" for their beliefs and actions, they refuse to wield their faith as a sword sharpened by literal interpretations of the Bible. Especially those fundamentalist Christian interpretations that continue to justify nationalism and hack away at landmark civil rights protections for women, minorities, immigrants, and the LGBTQ communities.
I'm definitely planning to tune in.
❤️ thy neighbor.
Turn the other cheek.
The last shall be first.
….unless they’re a liberal. #AmericanHeretics explores the negative power of using identity, race + religion as polarizing issues in our politics. Screening LIVE on Facebook 4/25 @4pmET: https://t.co/ShAtcppNKJ pic.twitter.com/Xe86asrSLY— American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel (@USAHeretics) April 24, 2020