First off, as a straight individual, I don't give a rat's furry fanny what others do in the privacy of their own lives if they don't hurt others. It's none of my business anyway.
Second, the agenda of Linda and Roxanne was to turn a sh*thole (the Latonia building) into a gem in a sh*thole (Venango county, PA) They, and everyone who worked to help make it happen succeeded. But I never would've guessed that in an indirect way, that Diane Gramley was more of a useful idiot that actually helped make the grand reopening of the Latonia a smashing success. People that listened to her poison ended up getting curious about what they were really up to. And they learned that the "agenda" was to show off a gem. They also learned that Diane Gramley is losing credibility fast. Gramley never once denounced the violence against anyone that she didn't like, in this case, gay folks. I've been to Oil City many times, and physically, it's a beautiful little town. But the people there look at any outsider, black, white, gay, straight, male, female, christian or not with the utmost of suspicions. "What do you want?" or "What are you doing here?" were the two most asked questions posed to me. As for the openness of Oil City, they have a long, long way to go, but they're off to a great start. But after my numerous negative experiences in Venango county, PA, I'm hopeful, but still skeptical. A leopard still can't change it's spots. The film gets 5 stars from me. The majority of Oil City's people don't even get one. There are basically two kinds of people associated with that county. Those who stayed & those who left. Maybe there's hope for the valley of death after all. Good Luck for those who are trying to change. You already know that you're fighting an uphill battle, but you're also making progress.

I appreciate the courage it took to make this movie. As a lesbian it's really difficult to see so much hatred towards me from people who don't know or understand me or my life. It's clear that bigotry has nothing to do with god but is based on fear and ignorance. To cite the Bible to promote discrimination is a cop out; without it, their arguments are simply based on projected aggression and lack of understanding (and perhaps internalized homophobia about their own occasional same sex attraction). I wonder what the excuses for intolerance would be if bigots did not have a 2,000 year old text to fall back on that they pick and choose which aspects of to follow and which not to (shell fish, mixed blend clothing, slavery, stoning one's wife, etc). To base the mores of modern society on rules that people two millennia ago lived by doesn't make much sense at all, especially when human beings are being denied basic rights in a country that supposedly promotes equal rights, freedom, and responsibility. My civil rights in no way impinge on the right of any Christian to live their life and practice their religion; why should your religion impinge on my civil rights? Not to mention the fact that there are more Christians who are for gay rights than there are against them- as well as many gay Christians. The two are not mutually exclusive like many would have us believe. In this day and age, to cite the Bible as a reason for discrimination is purely based on ignorance. You can change your views, I cannot change my sexual orientation. Jesus never said anything against gay people but he did tell us to love one another and to treat all people with respect and kindness. Where is the love in bigotry and discrimination? I challenge Christians to stop citing the old testament but to look towards the actual (alleged- I'm a bit of an empiricist!) words of Jesus for their views on how to treat other human beings.