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Summary
In the official Church view, homosexual women are regarded as nothing less than the embodiment of "an intrinsic moral evil." These daughters of Eve are the subjects of this documentary.
Hoping to regain the love of parents who no longer believe that she will be joining them in heaven, Coni recalls fruitless bargaining with God. Katherine, thinking she was cursed for falling in love with a woman, pleads with God for acceptance and understanding, only to be thrown out of her church when her relationship is discovered. And Lisa, who prepared her whole life for the Christian ministry, is formally told by her denomination's august gathering of judges (including the pastor from her parents' home church): "There's no room for you in the family of God."
In this enlightening film, the viewer shares the pain and heartache of these women as they struggle for knowledge, courage and self-affirmation. Ultimately, this is a film of acceptance.
Victoria, after leaving the convent, "knew in that moment of kissing another woman that things suddenly fell into place." And when Nancy comes out after 25 years of serving faithfully as a pastor's wife, "It was like coming home, it was like this is where I should have been all of my life."
Returning like refugees from spiritual exile, these women witness the freedom and compassion that arise from the fusion of body and soul. They call upon the church, not only "to repent of its homophobia," but also "to celebrate the deep spiritual gifts" they have because they are lesbians.
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