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PostSat Mar 31, 2007 11:28 am    Chocolate Jesus show canceled

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A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained.

The "My Sweet Lord" display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan. Roger Smith Hotel president James Knowles cited the public outcry for his decision.

The reaction "is crystal clear and has brought to our attention the unintended reaction of you and other conscientious friends of ours to the exhibition," Knowles wrote in the two-paragraph cancellation notice.

Matt Semler, the gallery's creative director, resigned in protest.


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PostSun Apr 01, 2007 3:37 pm    

Interesting enough.

What's next, a general Tso's Mary Magdalene?
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PostSun Apr 01, 2007 5:55 pm    

gives a whole new meaning to "Take, eat, This is my Body."
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PostSun Apr 01, 2007 7:08 pm    

What happened to free speech?
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PostSun Apr 01, 2007 8:16 pm    

This issue is the definition of free speech. An artist came up with it, therefore exercising his/her right to free speech; then people complained, making use of their right to free speech. Nobody's rights were violated.


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