Hell, I bet that back in the Middle Ages there wouldnāt have been this kind of outcry. There was an appreciation of the grotesque and the absurd.
Modern christians are a bunch of titty-babies.
Corpus Christi, what an asshole.
Obviously she feels she can do what she wants with taxpayer money. Not on my watch.ā
Cue the Benghazi witch hunt, me thinks.
Yeah, the irony was that in the Middle Ages, there were artists whose job it was to go around and mock things, including the Church, much less artists creating their own, idiosyncratic, grotesque versions of religious scenes.
Obviously she feels she can do what she wants with taxpayer money. Not on my watch.ā
That is a pity. I would like to see the resulting decorated watch. Perhaps a petition is in order.
I recall Virginia Beach being a very dull and overly restricted place. They want to be a fun beach town but without the Spring Break wild parties and public intoxication. They even have a stupid fucking ordinance that outlaws god damn swearing on their shitty ass boardwalk.
So this kind of reaction to art from an arts commissioner doesnāt seem out of place there.
The guyās name is Loyola? Seriously? 
I think those are ferrets, not rats. Regardless, itās always hilarious to see an outraged Christian who thinks theyāre somehow āoff limitsā from criticism and satire of their religion. No, honey. Your invisible sky friend doesnāt make you better than everyone else, believe it or not.
Allow me to quote everyone who has ever said anything offensive in the US:
Freedom. Of. Speech.
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Loyola countered, āIām responding to her false claim. Obviously she feels she can do what she wants with taxpayer money. [/quote]
You mean like the religious right and certain other groups seem to think that they can???
Artwork that causes a bureaucratās monocle to pop out?
Ooh, Iām intrigued now!
*looks*
*not disappointed*
I wonder why no one mentioned the sausages. Wonder what they think they mean? Also the fact that they have a knife on the table. I guess we will have to wait until they finish and tell us what it all means. Silly me, I first thought it was a take off of Carroll, but what do I know, Iām not a priest.
Iām still looking for that shower of blood, evidence that the teapot isnāt dispensing Red Zinger, which part of the dress screams āfirst communion,ā and how the heck we know this is anti-anything rather than pro. A ham bearing the name of the Texas town where it was presumably made is not, by itself, a very good reason to grouse about a generally cute picture unless the hams from there have a reputation for not being very good.
To be fair, the tea saucer reads āSanguine Christi,ā so there may be something to this artwork incorporating religious ideology into the composition.
That being said, I still donāt care if it does; art is subjective and often provocative.
FTFY.
Awhile back, a friend had one of those āVirginia is for loversā bumper stickers, with the āvā in lovers replaced by an āsā from a donor sticker.
Went to public school in VA. Ecch.
Heās not a full time asshole, apparently.
But I donāt think heās in the right this time. The U.S. has never been a Christian nation; itās been a nation that respects all viewpoints and the freedom to express them without the government championing a single religion. Or at least, thatās the ideal it sometimes falls short of.
FTFY
If they donāt want to be offended, donāt go to the exhibit!! Problem solved!
Thatās different you know!! Weāre protecting the children!!!
-religious right.
