The Blaze
The mayor of Paris says the city is filing legal complaints against fundamentalist Christians protesting a play at the municipal theater they claim is blasphemous.
Riot police have been called in to chase off demonstrators bearing crosses loudly protesting in front of, and sometimes inside, the Theatre de la Ville since the Oct. 20 opening of “Sur le Concept du Visage du fils de Dieu” (”On the Concept of the Son of God’s Face”).
“Sur le Concept du Visage du fils de Dieu” (”On the Concept of the Son of God’s Face”), by Italian Romeo Castellucci is a provocative story centering on a young man caring for his aged and incontinent father. A portrait of the face of Christ looms large onstage throughout and projectiles are ultimately thrown at it.
Each night, police have had to defend the theater from a group of Christian protesters – organized by the group Renouveau France – who turn up with crucifixes and banners denouncing “Christianophobia,” determined to disrupt the show.
Yesterday I posted a story about a commercial that was banned in South Africa depicting sexy looking angels throwing away their halos for a guy wearing irresistible deodorant. Christians in SA were offended, but I thought the commercial was harmless. This play in Frame on the other hand is typical of how Christianity gets it in the teeth on a regular basis. How about throwing some shit on Mohammed for a change?
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