The interpretation changes in 1946 are interesting, but does your film go into some of the bigger political movements, and power plays by evangelicals at the time, and how Homosexuals took the brunt for their ambitions?Īs a catholic and not from the USA, it always strike me how in the protestant world the whole discussion on homosexuality centers solely on the Bible. Things like loosing your job if it was discovered you were gay, national registries of "known homosexuals" and the policing of queer spaces. The business interest wanted him to roll back the progress made under the New Deal.Ĭivil Rights advances, Workers rights, business regulations and Gays/Lesbians being about to be public.Įisenhower declined to roll back the advances of the New Deal or segregate the military, but it was under his administration (and the congress that gained power along with him) that kicked off the first laws national anti-gay legislation. (Also helped by Christian voters rallied by Billie Graham)Įisenhower ended up winning. Adelay Stevenson was recently divorced and Republicans rumored that he might be gay.Įisenhower and Nixon campaigned with their wives (a first) to make a point of their straightness. Republicans ran with this story as an example of the societal moral failings that had occurred underneath the New Deal.įast forward to the election of 1952. Republicans, in an effort to smear the Truman administration, revealed that Homosexuals were fired in an internal investigation of the State department. With Eisenhower running against Adelay Stevenson) (Mainly in the presidential election of 1952. The Lavander Scare shows how Conservatives used Homosexuality in particular in order to gain power. I read this book while also reading The Lavender Scare by David Johnson. He lays out how Republicans started using Christianity (libertarian-conservative Christianity in particular) to help business gain power to roll back the gains made under the New Deal. Hey have you read Kevin Kruses Book: 'One Nation Under God'? If you're of a mind to, please visit our website (or not), subscribe to our newsletter (or not), support us via donations and buy merch and we will have this available to you as soon as possible. So, wherever you are on your spiritual journey (or if you've checked out altogether) just know that there are people out here doing the work to make the world a better place for everyone. Growing up fundamentalist, I have been where a lot of you are today and the director of this film has too. We are 90 percent done filming and are moving into post-production to bring this film to you.
In this film, we investigate the "clobber passages" in The Bible that have been used against LGBT people since forever and take a deep dive into the Greek and Hebrew meanings of these words. I am an associate producer on the film : The Mistranslation That Shifted a Culture. I am cross-posting this from Askgaybros due to the number of questions concerning evangelicalism and homosexuality that I've found whilst scrolling.
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