Double Standards

It is OK to drop a crucifix in urine, call it "Piss Christ," and exhibit it as art. Liberals don't see that as anti-Catholic bigotry. In fact, they think Catholics should be taxed in order to fund the making of such art. Not to fund it is a dangerous form of censorship.

Same goes for a painting of the Virgin Mary smeared with animal dung.

Hollywood can make movies which mock and twist the central Christian story. Yet believers were urged to see "The Last Temptation of Christ" before they criticized it. Those who wanted the film to be changed or boycotted were decried as censors.

All that free speech, robust dialogue stuff goes right out the window when we get to Mel Gibson and "The Passion."

Usually, the entertainment industry argues that they are not in the morality business-- they let the market decide. So why are studios not lining up to distribute this film? Given the early praise it has garnered, and the eager anticipation of a large demographic hungry for such a film, distributors should be competing for the rights. Instead, they are afraid of "controversy". (They have no problem defending Marilyn Manson, Eminem, or "Dogma").