[NEohioPAL] The Christian Myth

[Heads Up Productions]

Find out why Heads Up Productions is producing "The Gay Jesus Play."

This is the first post in a series from the company about why we're  
tackling such sensitive subject matter.  Check back weekly for more  
updates.

"The Christian Myth" is written by Artistic Director Benjamin Rexroad.

Growing up, every Sunday my neighbors took me to an apostolic church.   
To be a member of this church and to get into Heaven you had to live a  
specific lifestyle—women weren’t allowed to cut their hair and had to  
wear skirts, men had to wear pants and you had to receive the gift of  
the Holy Spirit (i.e. speaking in tongues).  Somewhere around 11 years  
old, I realized something wasn’t quite right.  God, I thought, didn’t  
care if women cut their hair or wore pants.  He didn’t care if I wore  
shorts.  And while speaking in tongues might be cool, God wouldn’t  
send you to Hell for NOT rolling around on the floor and reciting  
gibberish...

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