My doubts about 'Doubt'

I have been waiting to see this movie for a while, partly because of all the press it's recieved and partly because it has five Academy Award nominations. So last night I could hardly wait to get it home from the rental place to watch it. When I did finally sit down to this movie all I can say is that this is one of those times I almost found myself wishing I was anything but a B.L. Not that the movie made me feel bad to be a B.L., but because I know that I do not watch such a film in the same way, or have the same impressions, that non-B.L.'s have. This is a movie takes place in 1964, at St. Nicholas, a Catholic school in the Bronx, New York. In short, it is the story of how the principal of that school, an older nun named Sister Aloysius Beauvier (played by Meryl Streep), goes off on a personal crusade against the Pastor of that parish, Father Flynn (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman). Another nun, Sister James, reports to Sister Aloysius that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to a young boy in her class, Donald, who happens to be the school's first black student. Sister Aloysius believes she knows exactly what is going on between the Priest and the boy, so she sets off to prove it and get the priest expunged from the school. She has little or no proof or solid evidense to go on, most of her case is based on her knowledge of people gathered over the years of her life, plus her intuition. It was at this point that I could just imagine how non-B.L. viewers of this movie, how some of them were probably just cheering her on. That is what got me upset the most, I think. All I could think was, "Oh great, here's more fuel for the fire of hatred against us." As far as movies go, this one is very well done. I would say it probably deserves it's five nominations for academy awards. Especially if those nominations included best actor and best actress. Both Meryl Streep and Philip Hoffman put out absolutely brilliant performances. The supporting cast was also exceptional. The filmography is first rate and pretty much everything about this movie is top shelf from the beginning credits to the end credits. The thing that I object to is that throughout the movie the assumption is made that it is ok to go to whatever lengths a person must to unmask a pedophile, even if you are not %100 sure that you are right. At the very end of the movie, Sister Aloysius tells Sister James, "In the pursuit of wrong doing, one steps away from God. Of course there is a price." She does not elaberate about what that price is, but I might suggest a few things. Chris