A couple of links

[apocalypsos]

Alex Rodriguez gets teased by fans in Toronto and Boston. (At least, I think that's Boston ... they're certainly Boston fans and I can't see them going to a Yankees game otherwise.)

And also, McKellen describes death threats. On Sunday Bishop Robinson will attend the screening of a film about how the Bible can be used to combat homophobia, and will hold a question and answer session with Sir Ian. Dude! Where can I get my grubby paws on THAT movie?

Comments

[meril.livejournal.com]

The picture of A-Rod in Boston is old, from last year IIRC, related to his affair with a stripper.

(I didn't realize you were paying attention to A-Rod, unless you've been reading the RPS fics or something XD)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. It was in the comments to the first post, so. *shrugs*

I don't really pay attention to baseball the way I used to in high school. And my family is mostly Red Sox fans, so the only news I usually pick up baseball-wise is about them.

[dexwebster]

For the Bible Tells Me So is the movie they're referring to in that article, and you can order the DVD from the website. I've seen it, and while I wouldn't say it exactly fits that description, I still liked it a lot. It's a documentary style, following five highly religious families who have gay children, and how the families react and change (some of them drastically). Gene Robinson is one of the children depicted, and has appeared at a number of screenings to do Q&As with various people.

Entertainingly, I got to chat with Gene Robinson because Daniel Karslake, the director, is the domestic partner of one of my boyfriend's coworkers, so when they did a screening here at the National Cathedral, we got to go, and stayed afterwards and hung out for a bit.

He mentioned talking about the Lambeth conference with Ian McKellen a few weeks previously (this was in May), when he'd been over for dinner at Ian McKellen's flat (Ian cooked). They're apparently quite good friends. It was very surreal.