In 1987, Andre Sarano took a photograph of Christ on the
cross in a jar of urine. It won the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art’s Awards
in the Visual Arts competition,
which was sponsored in part by taxpayers. Outraged Christians were told they didn’t
have to see it. They did not have to go to the museum. Their money, of course,
had to fund the National Endowment for the Arts, but they themselves just
needed to ignore it. Christians needed to show tolerance to for the diversity
of others’ thoughts. Robert Maplethorpe spent many years touring the United
States with artwork depicting, among other things, people drinking urine,
bondage and sadomasochism, and a picture of himself with a whip inserted in
that part of his body Phil Robertson does not find very attractive. Conservatives offended by this were
instructed to be tolerant, not go to the exhibit, and just turn the other
cheek. In 1996, Chris Ofili created a
painting of the Virgin Mary. He pornographic images and elephant dung. Rudy
Giuliani, then Mayor of New York City, tried to yank funding for the Brooklyn
Museum because of the painting. Giuliani was pilloried in the press for doing
so. Tolerance was demanded. Christians did not have to go to the museum if they
wanted.
And now we’ve reach a new level….To Read More….
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