‘Effeminate’ Jesus Poster Stirs Controversy in Spain

Conservative Roman Catholics in Seville, Spain have deemed a poster of Jesus Christ, created to promote Easter week, offensive. The poster depicts Christ half nude with a beard and long hair, his lower-half covered by a white cloth, in front of a saturated red backdrop. It was designed by Seville–based artist Salustiano Garcia. Holy week, which includes Good Friday and Easter Sunday, honors the death and resurrection of Jesus. Seville is known for its huge festivities around the occasion. The council of brotherhoods and guilds, which oversees Easter week events in the Spanish city, claim the poster demonstrates “the ra......

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