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Religious groups are blasting President Obama for not condemning am anti-Christian art display set to appear in New York City and one Republican lawmaker said he is “fed up with the administration’s double standard and religious hypocrisy.
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“Piss Christ,” once branded as a “deplorable, despicable display of vulgarity,” will be displayed at the Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery in Manhattan on Thursday. The artwork features a “photograph of the crucifix submerged in the artist’s urine.”
The artwork debuted in 1989 and was funded through prize money provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. The art gallery hosting the retrospective salute to Andres Serrano is privately owned.
Religious groups and some lawmakers have already started sounding off – and making comparisons to the controversy over a recent anti-Muslim film. The low budget movie “Innocence of Muslims” sparked violent and deadly clashes across the globe.
It also brought strong rebukes, condemnations and apologies from President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a host of administration officials.
The administration tried to have the film removed from YouTube – but Google rebuffed their request. The State Dept. spent $70,000 on a Pakistani television advertisement rebuking the film. And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff personally telephoned a Christian minister in Florida to ask him to withdraw his support of the film.
Rep. Michael Grimm (R, C-NY) wants to know why President Obama hasn’t denounced the exhibit and said he’s fed up with what he called the administration’s “religious hypocrisy.”
“The Obama administration’s hypocrisy and utter lack of respect for the religious beliefs of Americans has reached an all-time high,” Grimm told Fox News. “I call on President Obama to stand up for America’s values and beliefs and denounce the ‘Piss Christ’ that has offended Christians at home and abroad.”
So will the Obama Administration condemn the anti-Christian art display? Will they air a television ad denouncing the exhibit? Will the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ask the gallery to cancel the exhibit?



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Danno

Yet they apologize till they wet their panties over a movie they think is offensive.

A perfect example of liberal hypocrites.

Cruize

[QUOTE=Danno;441346]Yet they apologize till they wet their panties over a movie they think is offensive.

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No matter how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true. To denigrate ANY religious figure or sacrament is wrong. Only an idiot would think it is okay. We do however live in a country where free speech is not only accepted and encouraged, it is the law. We also have something on the books about separation of church and state. If you believe the "art" should not be shown, I absolutely won't disagree with you. But, I'm confused as to what you "limited government" preaching Republicans want. Should our government storm the gallery and remove the exhibit? Arrest the artist? Interrogate and detain the patrons?

SloMotion

I think it's simple ... Christians don't use stuff like this as an excuse to riot, sack embassies and/or as camouflage for terrorist acts, so there's no need to apologize, condemn, denounce or cancel.

Art is in the eye of the beholder. Personally, I'm disappointed something like this was funded through prize money provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, but that is the country we live in and we don't necessarily regulate/discriminate just because something may be offensive or vulgar. Frankly, I would be disappointed by any form of 'art' that is submerged in the artist's urine, including art of Mohammed, Confucias, Buddha, et ...

Maybe Christians should get a little more offended and volatile like the Muslims do about their religion.

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Danno

You can't see the hypocrisy in Obama apologizing profusely about a movie that had nothing to do with the attacks yet is silent on an equally offensive crucifix in a jar of piss? Why am I not surprised?