Wow. I don't think I've seen this mentioned here yet. Apparently the opening ceremonies included a mockery of the Last Supper, where Jesus and his disciples were replaced with drag queens!! This is just disgusting. And then they wonder why people hate the alphabet soup crowd.




PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - A parody of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous fresco 'The Last Supper' featuring drag queens in the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris has sparked fury among the Catholic church and far-right politicians, while supporters praised its message of tolerance.

The unprecedented ceremony on the Seine River, which drew millions of viewers around the world, included a tableau celebrating the French capital's vibrant nightlife and reputation as a place of tolerance, pleasure and subversiveness.

It recreated the famous biblical scene of Jesus Christ and his twelve apostles sharing a last meal before crucifixion, but with a group of drag queens, a transgender model and a naked singer made up as the Greek god of wine Dionysus.

The Catholic church in France criticised the segment.

"This ceremony has unfortunately included scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity, which we very deeply deplore," the Conference of French bishops said in a statement.

Far-right politicians in France and elsewhere took to social media to express their disgust.

"To all the Christians of the world who are watching the #Paris2024 ceremony and felt insulted by this drag queen parody of the Last Supper, know that it is not France that is speaking but a left-wing minority ready for any provocation," far-right politician Marion Marechal said in a post on X.

Her Italian counterpart, Matteo Salvini, added: "Opening the Olympics by insulting billions of Christians in the world was really a very bad start, dear French. Sleazy."

American billionaire Elon Musk, who cemented his shift towards right-wing politics by endorsing Donald Trump earlier this month, said it was "extremely disrespectful to Christians".

France, while proud of its rich Catholic heritage, also has a long tradition of secularism and anti-clericalism. Blasphemy is not only legal, but also considered by many as an essential pillar of freedom of speech in a democratic society.

"In France, people are free to love how they please, are free to love whoever they want, are free to believe or not believe," Thomas Jolly, the ceremony's artistic director, told reporters on Saturday when asked about critics.

Some commentators said the controversy was just another example of 21st century culture wars turbocharged by a 24-hour news cycle and social media.

"Everyone has to take offence it seems," David Aaronovitch, a BBC Radio 4 presenter said on X. "Leonardo is one of the most famous images in the Western world and has been pastiched, parodied and altered tens of thousands of times."

One of the pastiche's protagonists was unapologetic, however.
"It wouldn't be fun if there were no controversy. Wouldn't it be boring if everyone agreed on this planet?" Philippe Katerine, the blue naked man in the scene, told BFM TV a day after the show.

Funny you posted this just saw this.....is it right, is it wrong ? Idk whole deal was weird regardless

And as much as I hate to give China anything....

From this day forward, I will never again watch the Olympics.

If what you posted is accurate Wolfdog, then they should have made that clearer, as their financial supporters are dropping out in droves. But, even if accurate, celebrating transvestites probably won't work out any better for them than it did for Budlight. Especially considering that parts of the world execute people just for being gay.

Like I said it was weird around, I got my peeps on that side of the rainbow talking about how weird it was ....there's actually not a lot of people who are really supporting it . Actually saw a conversation this morning that went along the lines of
" how could you be gay and not support that ?!"
" I'm gay not whatever the #$&$- that was !"

Idk give it another few years and people are gonna start going to the hard right again...

… watch yer back W’Dawg

NBC going hard after anyone posting the video of that traveshamockery. accounts are being hit with copyright strikes

The Freaks need sleep.....

Nice eternal rest.

It’s been nothing but a sex fest for many years , now it is a freak sex fest. Haven’t watched it since 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY.

Same here. I tried to explain to the boys how much my family looked forward to watching it before they started all the kneeling crap. Makes me sad.

I used to love watching us kick the crap out of the USSR

I mean, are you kidding? Sometimes I don’t believe this is real life….

Reuters is reporting on it as a "Last supper parody".
I have seen several posts circulating similar to what WD posted, and I'm guessing that it's intended as damage control by the sort of dime store intellectual types who immediately assume that they are smarter than any believing Christian could ever be.

They also including a kid in that mockery to promote pedophilia. Sick...

I don’t have any younger children. Mine are 39, 37, and 29. I also don’t have any grandchildren.

My heart goes out to those of you that have children and grandchildren that are of a young age that could be influenced by the pure evil and nonsense of this modern society. You have your work cut out for you in this battle.

Gotta agree with you SW.

After this it’ll be another one hundred years before the Olympic’s go back to France.

This was a blatant jab at Christians,,, I don’t care how much they try to candy coat it,
The devil is right in front of our faces now,,, he doesn’t have to hide anymore,,, and instead of refusing, people are making excuses and running right towards him.

If you watch it, there's absolutely no doubt it's a parody of The Last Supper. I hope the same people that created it choose to mock Mohamed and suffer the painful, life ending consequences they earned.

Keith

That gal top center been eating too much cornbread and fried taters.