For years, the European Union Parliament refused to display Nativity scenes around Christmastime, out of concern that it could be “potentially offensive.”
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An art exhibit at the European Union’s Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, has prompted criticism from conservative politicians in Italy for its display of a blasphemous depiction of Jesus Christ and the apostles.
The artwork, a series of
photographs by lesbian Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson, includes
one of a man who is meant to represent Christ wearing a white robe and a
halo made out of stars above his head. The man is surrounded by seven
men who are wearing leather-based fetish clothing associated with BDSM
fetishism. ---More...
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