Faithfully Subversive October 30, 2008

Year 3, Episode 44

News & Discussion Topics:

• The Ex-Gay Movement (more info)
  

Music:

• Philosophy of Loss - Indigo Girls
  

Faithfully Subversive October 23, 2008

Year 3, Episode 43

News & Discussion Topics:

• Theology with the Beatles and U2 (more info)
  
• Obama's "Socialism" (more info)
  

Music:

• Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
• Revolution - The Beatles
• All You Need is Love - The Beatles
• Pride - U2
  

Upcoming Local Event: The Take Back the Night march is on Friday, 7 pm, starts at the Interfaith Center.

Faithfully Subversive October 16, 2008

Year 3, Episode 42

News & Discussion Topics:

• Pope's Bible Reading Marathon (more info)
  
• Jews for Obama (more info)
  
• Movie Review: Religulous (more info)
  

Music:

• Shaday - Ofra Haza
  
• Through Heaven's Eyes - Prince of Egypt Soundtrack
  
• If God Only Knew - Deidre McCalla
  

Upcoming Local Event: Information

Faithfully Subversive Oct. 9, 2008

Year 3, Episode 41

"Persecution of gays will stop only if Iraqis can abandon centuries-old prejudices. They would have to acknowledge that human rights don't cover only the humans they like. Insisting that gays are just a few undesirable perverts who 'should be killed'--as one Iraqi who works in journalism put it--encourages an atmosphere of impunity no matter the offense. Killing gays becomes 'honorable.' And raping them is OK because it isn't considered a homosexual act--only being penetrated or providing oral sex is."

~"Don't Ask, Do Kill" - Newsweek 8/26/08

News & Discussion Topics:

• GLBT History Month at SIU (more info)
  
• Scripture on Homosexuality (more info)
• GLBT Invisibility
  
• Camp to "Cure" Homosexuality (more info)
  
• Gays in Iraq (more info)
• The Dangers of Theocracy (more info)

Music:

• Humble Me - Norah Jones
  
• Now that I Know -Devendra Banhart
  

Upcoming Local Event: "For the Bible Tells Me So," 6p.m. Oct. 10, SIUC Student Center, Kaskaskia Room

A compassionate and insightful documentary about the contemporary face of an old conflict between Christian fundamentalists and gay and lesbian people. The film looks deep into the hearts of several families--a few of them quite famous--that have struggled with making sense of having a homosexual son or daughter in the fold. At the same time, "For the Bible Tells Me So" is a deconstruction of thin arguments that the Bible actually condemns homosexuality in a few passages and through the story of Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction. Sponsored by the University Christian Ministries RSO (ucm@siu.edu)