Christian documentary says Bible supports homosexuality

"What does the Bible really say about homosexuality?" many Christians ask their clergy on the controversial issue.

It's the main question addressed in a new feature documentary "The Bible Tells Me So," which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, last week.

The feature documentary centers on the national conversation around Scripture and homosexuality and how Scripture has been used in both good and bad ways, Daniel Karslake, director of the film, explained on the Sundance Channel. Mainly, the film relays how the religious right has used the Bible to support the "stigmatizing" of the homosexual community.

"My faith made it impossible for me not to make this film," Karslake stressed. The film's thesis is that Scripture does not condemn homosexuality.

Among the clergy featured in the film, the Rev. Mel White of Soulforce, an organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from religious and political oppression, says that the Bible is being "used, misused, to condemn gay people." He called it an "old trick" used by fundamentalist Christians. Read more