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Christian Studio Explains Hiring of Gay Actor - Christianity Today Movies

End of the Spear, the new feature film telling the story of the five Christian missionaries who were martyred in 1956 in the jungles of Ecuador, features an openly gay man in one of the lead roles.

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"We found out Chad was gay after we offered him the parts," said executive producer Mart Green of Every Tribe Entertainment, the production company behind the movie. "We felt like when we offered him the contract, we were obligated to honor it."

Green said that learning of Allen's homosexuality presented the Every Tribe team with "an obvious dilemma," but that after discussing it with director Jim Hanon, writer/producer Bill Ewing, and Steve Saint, who served as a consultant for the film that tells his father's story, all agreed they should keep their word and honor the contract that had been offered.

Kudos to the studio for honoring their committment, but why in the hell is the actor's sexual orientation at all relevant? Were all the other actors vetted for their "moral character" as well?

Ian Charleson, who played staunch Christian Eric Liddell in the Oscar-winner "Chariots of Fire," was gay, and I don't recall there being a brouhaha back in 1981. Nor do I recall hearing calls to burn all extant copies of the movie once everyone learned he was gay when he tragically died of AIDS. Have we gone that mad over the last 25 years?

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