The Gay Path Through the Courts | David Cole | The New York Review of Books

Contents:

• 'ANNE WH AN E' ADDS GAY CHARACTERS TO A CHILDREN'S CLASSIC
• I RONATE—AND DISAGREE—WH THIS GAY CHRISTIAN
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• THE GAY PATH THROUGH THE COURTS

'ANNE WH AN E' ADDS GAY CHARACTERS TO A CHILDREN'S CLASSIC

While the wrers and producers knew om the start that Cole would be gay, Cory Gter-Andrew only knew a ltle b about Cole when he joed the project. It nnects him wh several kdred spirs and driv him out of his “shell,” eventually leadg him to the person which he nfis his ept secret — he’s gay.

I RONATE—AND DISAGREE—WH THIS GAY CHRISTIAN

That’s really tertg, to see the challeng people are facg today were faced 100 years ago, except secret, bee [homosexualy] was a crime. I talked to [actrs Deborah Grover] about what ’s like to play a gay character, and we had a nversatn about that, and that was nice.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

And given the non-stop mpaign to normalize the LGBT liftyle, should e as no surprise that the most recent versn troduc several homosexual Netflix seri, tled "Anne wh an E, " jt began s send season. "And se you missed the gay-is-good pot of the episo, the wrers have Anne askg another character: "How n there be anythg wrong wh a life if 's spent wh a person you love?

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

People have suffered greatly through appropriate "love": For stance, a child whose father cid to love someone other than his wife, or a child who is loved, an erotic way, by an 's unlikely that Anne would ever have heard a sermon about homosexualy her day and age. If she had, she would have known what scripture teach about homosexual relatnships: that they n unter to God's plan for human gay-themed episo of "Anne wh an E" has led many parents to turn the channel. As one of them wrote on the Facebook page of a Christian film review se, "The gay agenda pletely ed a perfectly heartwarmg and upliftg story.

Look, the secular world unrstands the importance of worldview teachg jt as Christians do—and often teach through films and TV will bee harr and harr to avoid the "gay is good" msage the media.

I eagerly read Gregory Col’s Sgle, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Fah and Sexual Inty as soon as I received . Exercis like the are necsary bee the church has often failed people stgglg this way—by enuragg revulsn toward gay people and suggtg they mt bee straight to fulfill God’s mand. He, however, balks at the term “same-sex attracted” due to s nnectn wh the ex-gay movement.

THE GAY PATH THROUGH THE COURTS

He prefers “gay” bee  don’t gloss over what he experienc, even though he’s aware that the church n rry the nnotatn of one who acts on their sir. He wr, “[I]f I’m hont, there are issu I nsir more theologilly straightforward than gay marriage that scere Christians have disagreed on for centuri” (108). Rather than hold out the possibily that the Bible might be okay wh homosexual relatnships—which I believe is likely to damage those the thick of same-sex sir—I’d rather affirm the strongt terms that God is clear, and plead that his Word be read.

Geni Pictur (“Mrs Lowry & Son, ” “Good Luck To You, Leo Gran”) has optned Emmett Monterey’s acclaimed memoir “Go the Way Your Blood Beats” – about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London – for TV adaptatn. At his mastream school, teachers refe to schle his class on the ground floor, and at his llege for disabled stunts, he’s told he will be expelled if the mors are te, if he’s gay. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage.