My Sweet Lord, a 6ft representation of Jesus, was to have been unveiled over holy week in a gallery on Lexington Avenue but was withdrawn under fire from the Catholic League, an organisation of religious conservatives with 300,000 members. The group objected to the fact that the sculpture is made of more than 200lbs of chocolate and that the figure's genitalia are on display...That's right! Here in America we simply bow to the demands of religious zealots without the need for violence.
Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, said the work was a direct assault on Christians. 'All those involved are lucky that angry Christians don't react the way extremist Muslims do when they're offended.'
Is such a display in poor taste? I guess it depends on what kind of chocolate was used.
UPDATE: Offers now pouring in for alternative venues of display.
An anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ infuriated Catholics and even led to threats, but the artist says offers to buy or exhibit the piece have been pouring in...
Cavallaro said the controversy spurred "thousands" of e-mail messages from people offering help, donations and exhibition space.
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So let me see if I understand. Muslims get mad if you draw their prophet and Christian's get mad if their prophet is made of chocolate. Does anybody really give a shit?
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