[Apologetics] Smithsonian Pulls Video of Ant-Covered Jesus But Leaves Other 'Homoerotic' Images on Display

[Art Kelly]

Smithsonian Pulls Video of Ant-Covered Jesus But Leaves Other
'Homoerotic' Images on Display
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(CNSNews.com) - The federally funded National Portrait Gallery, part of
the Smithsonian Institution, announced Tuesday that it will remove from
one of its exhibitions a video that includes images of ants swarming
over Jesus Christ on a crucifix, but it will keep in place images of
naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her
breasts, a "homoerotic" painting of a male nude, and a painting made
with nail polish and the cremated ashes of a man with AIDS who committed
suicide. "It was not the museum's intention to offend," Martin Sullivan,
the director of the National Portrait Gallery, said.
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Boehner and Cantor to Smithsonian: Pull Exhibit Featuring Ant-Covered
Jesus or Else
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(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker-to-be John Boehner (R-Ohio) is telling the
Smithsonian Institution to pull an exhibit that features images of an
ant-covered Jesus or else face tough scrutiny when the new Republican
majority takes control of the House in January. House Majority
Leader-to-be Eric Cantor (R.-Va.), meanwhile, is calling on the
Smithsonian to pull the exhibit and warning the federally funded
institution that it will face serious questions when Congress considers
the next budget.
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American Muslim Group Calls for 'Common Decency' and 'Mutual Respect' --
But Not Removal of Exhibition Depicting Ant-Covered Jesus
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(CNSNews.com) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it
supports "common decency" and "mutual respect," but CAIR spokesman
Ibrahim Hooper stopped short of calling for the removal of an exhibit
that features images of an ant-covered Jesus and "homoerotic" art
currently on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait
Gallery. "We don't want to be in a position of banning art or censoring
art," Hooper told CNSNews.com on Tuesday.
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