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Friend’s Congregational Church
6:30pm

Directions from campus:
Take Texas Ave S
Turn right at FM-2818
Turn left at Southwood Dr
2200 Southwood Drive.

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A screening of the documentary For The Bible Tells Me
So to encourage discussion about the seeming chasm
between scripture, the church, and homosexuality and
what that has meant for families and their gay
children. This event is funded by a grant from Brazos
Valley QueSt.

Sponsors include:

• Aggie Allies
• Aggie Amnesty International
• Brazos Valley QueSt
• Equality Texas
• Friends Congregational Church
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• Texas A&M Lesbian and Gay Veterinary Medical Student Association
• Texas A&M Office of Multicultural Services
• United Campus Ministry in Aggieland

At the conclusion of the event we will have 30 minutes
available for discussion and a viewing of a 5 minute
film by a Texas A&M student entitled “Being a Gay
Aggie”.

Can the love between two people ever be an
abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians
and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an
excuse to hate?

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at
the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan
Karslake’s provocative, entertaining documentary
brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical
scripture, and in the process reveals that
Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based almost solely
upon a significant (and often malicious)
misinterpretation of the Bible. As the film notes,
most Christians live their lives today without feeling
obliged to kill anyone who works on the Sabbath or
eats shrimp (as a literal reading of scripture
dictates).

Through the experiences of five very normal, very
Christian, very American families — including those
of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and
Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson — we discover how
insightful people of faith handle the realization of
having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices
as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard’s Peter Gomes,
Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy
Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing,
clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the
crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.

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The Texas A&M 2008 Diversity Awards nomination form is now available online.

The award categories include the Diversity Service Award, Gary Gray Memorial Student Recognition Award, Partners in Learning Award of Excellence, and the Rainbow Award. Four Diversity Service Awards will be given in the categories of student, faculty and staff as well as student organization, and winners will receive $300. Nominations are due February 29, 2008.

2008 Diversity Awards ceremony
April 23rd
10:30 a.m.
MSC 201

Sponsored by
Department of Multicultural Services
Office of the Vice President of Diversity
Department of Disability Services
Aggie ALLIES
Student Government Association Diversity Commission.

For more information regarding the award process, contact
Jennifer Ford
Associate Director
Department of Multicultural Services
862-2000
Jennifer-Ford@tamu.edu

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Have a funny, interesting, serious, or exciting Coming Out Story?

The Gender Issues Education Center wants to hear it during Gay Awareness Week! People of all sexualities and gender identities are encouraged to write and submit a monologue! You are not required to perform your monologue and you may remain anonymous.

Applications are available in the Gender Issues Education Center
Email GIEC@tamu.edu for more information

Submission deadline: February 8, 2008. (Read the article)

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Vagina Monologues
February 1st & 2nd
7:00p.m.
MSC 201

Tickets available at MSC Box Office (boxoffice.tamu.edu) beginning January 28th.
$7 students $10 general admission

Sponsored by: Gender Issues Education Center, Women’s Resource Center, and GLBTA.

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. (Read the article)

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