"Prayers for Bobby" now available to watch on myLifetime.com

For anyone who saw my post on the Lifetime movie "Prayers for Bobby" but missed it or any of the encores over the last couple weeks, you can watch the full movie here:

http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/full-movies/prayers-for-bobby-coming-this-wed/video/6622754001

You can also download the full movie from iTunes. Based on the book Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son, the first half of the movie deals with Bobby's coming out to his Christian family and especially the reaction of his devout mother, Mary Griffith, who is played by Sigourney Weaver. The second half deals with Mary coming to terms with Bobby's tragic suicide, her reconciling of her faith and her beliefs about homosexuality, and her journey to becoming a gay rights activist.

I hope that this movie will continue to be a powerful tool for us to engage and educate people about the consequences of religious bigotry, and I encourage everyone to pass this on to others who might benefit from watching it. Special thanks to Erica, one of the founders of the "Christians for Marriage Equality" group on Facebook for making sure that anyone who missed it knows that they can still watch it online.