This is a tough situation. I first heard of it yesterday. And it puts real Christians trying to walk the walk and talk the talk in a dilemma, not the milk toast ones or the Fred Phelps and the other activist varieties.
The controversy seems to center more in the Christian talk scene at least to this point. That is where I heard it. And the host was trying to play a very dangerous game of great movie, great topic.....but. Instead of discussing it, he was trying to stir it.
Christians need to approach this movie with caution and prayer. Likely the actor has been paid, so tickets sales likely don't go directly to his pocket. But they do to a point further recognition of gays in our society. Sometimes people of faith fight anything gay for the sake of it being gay. Clearly, that's not what Christians should be doing. They should be delineating the correct path to salvation and service in His name.
This is a tough situation. I first heard of it yesterday. And it puts real Christians trying to walk the walk and talk the talk in a dilemma, not the milk toast ones or the Fred Phelps and the other activist varieties.If you had a gay co-worker, would you shun him, or love him? There is a clear message of Christian redemption in this movie. Maybe Chad Allen was affected by the people he worked with in this movie. Maybe a seed was planted. Hating him and shunning him because he is a sinner doesn't seem right. Isn't this the kind of person Jesus hung out with?
Pfred is in a class all to himself. During some part of the Matthew Sheppard imbroglio anti-gay rights and gay rights protesters both showed up. As they were starting to set up Pfred's folks arrived and went into their performance. The other two groups looked at each other and before the pro-gay rights people could speak up someone from the other side said loudly 'Don't know who they are but they sure don't represent us.' There followed several minutes of silence as both groups stared at Pfred's circus as though they were watching the landing of Martians. This scene appeared on the MSM once and I never saw it again.