Just in time for Christmas, a progressive Christian church is asking — via billboard — for congregants and the public to consider “the sexual orientation of Jesus.”
Caroline May, The Daily Caller — The new billboard features the baby Jesus with a rainbow halo over his head and the caption, “It’s Christmas. Time for Jesus to come out.”St Matthews-in-the-City of Auckland New Zealand announced they had raised their doctrine-challenging billboard Monday.
“Some scholars have tried to make the case that he might have been gay,” St. Matthew’s Rev. Clay Nelson said in a statement. “But it is all conjecture. Maybe gay, maybe not. Does it matter?”
[...] St. Matthew’s has a history of posting controversial, publicity-seeking billboards around Christmas time. Last year the church offered a posting of the Virgin Mary holding a positive pregnancy test and covering her mouth.
In 2009 they offered passers by a billboard of Mary in bed with Joseph and the caption, “Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow.”
The church further boasts that their past stunts have garnered a lot of media attention — including last year 21 million Facebook visits, 30,000 page views on St Matthew’s website, and international media attention. » Read More
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