Its in the Water (1997)

Its in the Water 1997 In the small southern town of Azalea Springs, the country club set still rules Here, being a member of The League is a must, big hair is still favored by the ladies who lunch, and only hair dressers and interior designers are supposed to be gay The addition of an AIDS facility in Azalea Springs has The League unsettled And the announcement that their charity work will include contact with those people leaves them stunned But the real frenzy begins with a drunken comment regarding the local drinking water Rumor has it that the water is contaminated with something that actually turns people gay Mix in Brother Daniels Homo No Mo meetings, the local newspaper, and a group of rabid homophobic picketers, and youve got a recipe for panic Heads reel Women weep Mothers, hide your children In the midst of it all, we find Alex Stratton, a young woman dealing with a distant husband, an overbearing mother, and the tedium of meaningless society chatter and endless shoe critics Going against her husbands and her mothers wishes, Alex accepts a job at the Hospice where she is reacquainted with Grace Miller, her best friend from high school who has returned to Azalea Springs after a nasty divorce It is here that Alex falls out of grace with society when the two are caught kissing in the Hospice supply room Mark Anderson works at the local newspaper his father owns and regularly attends Brother Daniels Turn or Burn meetings As the rumor about the water and the protesters get plenty of front page coverage, Mark finds himself becoming involved with Tomas, a Latin house painter who mistakes the ex gay meeting for an A A meeting The events that unravel as a result of these two love affairs bear witness to what happens when hysteria and homophobia take control of their lives