Community Appeal
Can your congregation use guidance to understand the welcoming relationship between the Bible and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people?

Fish Out of Water shares the relationship between homosexuality and the Bible through the seven biblical passages that have traditionally been used against lesbian, gay and transgendered people.

Call to Action
Fact:  Across United States Christian lines, Catholics are the single most favorable denomination toward LGBT acceptance: 58% believe being gay should be accepted by society.  

Fish Out of Water can help your religious community:

• •Form a committee to address issues of intolerance toward gay, lesbian and transgendered people within the local community.
• •Explore the Old and New Testament of the Bible and how these texts have been used to welcome and shut out issues of difference.
• •Create welcoming language toward people who have been marginalized due to intolerance into the liturgy, prayers and sermons of your church.

Resources
Watch Fish Out of Water and let this just be the beginning of an important discussion of the faithful relationship between being gay, lesbian and transgendered and religion.  

Bookmark this Organization:  Auburn recommends Human Rights Campaign as a best practices website that tracks news on religion within the gay, lesbian and transgendered communities. 

To keep the Fish Out of Water conversation going, Auburn recommends:

• Purchasing this film for your community lending library: 
• Using guided discussion points to create an education program.  Click here for more information:
• Incorporating welcoming language into community prayers and liturgy.  Here are examples of scripture and language to include in liturgy. 
• Resource Scripture texts with attention given to how it can be a resource to the LGBT community.  Click here for more.
• Preaching on this important issue.  For a sample sermon follow this link.

Synopsis and Purchase Information 
Fish out of Water, 2009

Fish Out of Water shares the relationship between homosexuality and the Bible and explores the Bible as an affirming source of love toward the lesbian, gay and transgendered community.  This documentary explores how the seven biblical passages that have traditionally been used against gay people and how they are misinterpreted and misunderstood.  Through animation and academia, Fish Out of Water ends the traditional biblical arguments of hate toward gay people.

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For more information on Fish out of Water and how it can be a resource to your community click here.