I just finished
reading the newest book by Alex Sanchez, The God Box. I absolutely love this book. The book tells the story of a high
school senior dealing with coming to terms with his sexuality, and then reconsiling that with his
faith, and what his church has tought him about homosexuality.
Sanchez does an excellent job of taking many of the passages used by many religious leaders to condemn homoseuality, and find fault with the logic that is used. While it is not as indepth as the
books published on the subject, he does an excelent job of telling the gist of it. He also offers the
books that he used at the end of the book, so you can look into them further if youa re really interested in looking at a scholarly take on the subject.
Even though the book is written with the intent to help young teens reconslie their sexuality with Christinaty, there is very little demonizing of the religious people in the book. Even those characters, who are homophobic and anti-gay, are not portrayed as a completely evil and vile people. They are treated with dignity. While those characters are charactures of the religious fundamentalists that are seen on television, like Dr. James Dobson, they are not at all portrayed to be like the Rev. Fred Phelps.
This is an extremely well written book, and keeps in line with all of Alex Sanchez's other
writing. I highly encourage anyone of any age to read not only this book, but all of his other
books as well. They are all definitely well worth the time, and maybe you'll learn a little something as well.
I read it. It was a good book. 
