Earlier this week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named the 15 films it was considering in the Documentary Feature category. That list includes For the Bible Tells Me So, Daniel Karslake's film exploring the topic of Christianity and homosexuality.

Making the shortlist is a pretty big step towards walking away with the big gold guy: the current list of 15 was cut from 70 films. For the Bible Tells Me So's best-known competitor is Sicko. It also faces a number of war-themed documentaries including Body of War, which was co-directed by Phil Donahue.

Congrats to Daniel Karslake for making it this far. We're keeping our fingers crossed for him!

In case you missed it, former Presidential candidate Dick Gephardt and his lesbian daughter Chrissy appeared on Wolf Blitzer last night to talk about their participation in the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So. (That's them in the poster.)

We have an interview with the director Daniel Karslake running on the main page today, and I encourage those folks living in cities where the film is playing to check it out, as it gives a long-overdue voice to families and theologians alike who refuse to accept the popular wisdom that faith and gayness are mutually exclusive.

And of course it's always encouraging to see a politician (or any parent, for that matter) speak in unconditional support of their gay child.