>> guest: on those other days i look forward to the day after. >> host: jeff chu is the author of "does jesus really love me?" a gay christian's pilgrimage in search of god in america. does jesus really let me.com is the web site. mr. chu thank you for being on the c-span bus and spending a little time with us. >> guest: thank you so much. >> the visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here on line. type the author book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and search. up next stephen jiminez argues that they killing of matthew "the book of matt" on october 1998 was not a anti-hate crime but the result of a robbery gone wrong. this is about an hour. >> i'm not even sure i need this microphone but i will use it because this is being recorded for c-span and it's really a great pleasure to be here tonight. this is actually the first stop on it to her that now has about 30 cities and it just seems really appropriate in terms of of the gay history. to come to the castro place which i have enjoyed in the past. what i would do is introduce the book by telling

. >> the c-span bus which is part down in the mall is a jeff chu was written in this book called "does jesus really love me?: a gay christian's pilgrimage in search of god in america." if you would, start by giving us a little bit of your upbringing and your religious history. >> sure. i'm the grandson of a baptist preacher and the nephi of two other preachers and my family has always been devoutly evangelical. we didn't always go to baptist churches, but i grew up deep in evangelical culture. first in california and then when it went to high school at a christian school in miami, florida,. >> what was your family's reaction when came out as gay? >> i think it's safe to say they were not excited about. my mother cried and cried and cried. it was a difficult period in our relationship. i don't think all of my relatives know yet. a funny thing in a chinese family the way information is passed around. so he had these layers of culture. you have the chinese lady. you have the christian leader. and between the two i think there's sufficient shame that my parents haven't exactly broadcast it

. >> host: jeff chu, what did you find in the mainstream christian religions?>> guest: i found a lot of diversity. much of mainline christianity in america hasn't been a more progressive direction and more clues that direction. but as you can see for the presbyterians bickering over what to do about their denomination and other denominations really struggling with this issue, there is no one set of opinions. i think general trend of coors, asset rotter society is that the church is moving in a more liberal direction. but that's not going to happen without fight. i spend families in the face and congregations, fisa than denomination. >> host: did you visit with the catholic church as well? >> guest: i did not spend a lot of time focusing on the catholic church and here's what happened. as a reporter, i can only write about the stories of people who are willing to talk to me. i spent a lot of time trying to find a gay priest who is willing to open up. the price of that because i was never able to find one with the catholics are actually underrepresented in my boo

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> c-span bus parked on the mall is jeff chu who has written thisbook called "does jesus really love me?" a gay christian's pilgrimage in search of god in america. mr. chu if he would start by giving us a little bit of your upbringing and your religious history. >> guest: sure. i am the grandson of a baptist preacher and the nephew of two other baptist preachers in my family has always been devout evangelical. we did not as good of baptist churches i grew up steeped in evangelical culture first in california and then when i went to high school at a christian school in miami florida. >> host: what was your family's reaction when you came out as? >> guest: i think it's safe to say they weren't excited about it. my mother cried and cried. he was extremely difficult period and our relationship. i don't think all of my relatives know yet. it's a funny thing in a chinese family the way information is passed around. you have these layers of culture and you have the chinese layer in the christian layer and is between the two i think there is sufficient sham

thank you david chu for being here (clapping) i might not see them immediately but i know that supervisor john avalos and george will be here shortly. and then i also see jeffeaders in our department and to name some of them on behalf of the whole city people like lou our librarian and our director of public health and rich the superintendent of our school district. yes (clapping) and i i know i'm going to miss a few but i want to single out those i've worked with closely and we have so many things going on that i'm proud of. we have a lot to celebrate. this year has been a year of success and there's so much it's going on. you may already know who important chiropractics of our california latino community it's one of the most faster growing populations if the state of california. its also a very young population. and i'm looking around the countryside you're all younger than manufacture me. tonight is a special occasion to celebrate our youth in san francisco because you represent the 1 hundred percent of our city. so i'm glad to be here tonight. guess what we've been able to celebrate our unemployment rate is 5.6 percent. a lot of people are working. and