Put That in Your Basket

(hat tip to James in Florida)

Storm in US over chocolate Jesus

A New York gallery has angered a US Catholic group with its decision to exhibit a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled "My Sweet Lord", depicts Jesus Christ naked on the cross. Catholic League head Bill Donohue called it "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever".

The sculpture, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, will be displayed from Monday at Manhattan's Lab Gallery.
The Catholic League, which describes itself as the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organisation, also criticised the timing of the exhibition. "The fact that they chose Holy Week shows this is calculated, and the timing is deliberate," Mr Donohue said. He called for a boycott of the gallery and the hotel which houses it.

'Overwhelming response'

The gallery's creative director, Matt Semler, said the gallery was considering its options in the wake of angry e-mails and telephone calls. "We're obviously surprised by the overwhelming response and offence people have taken," he said. "We are certainly in the process of trying to figure out what we're going to do next." Mr Semler said the timing of the exhibition was coincidental.

Mr Cavallaro, the Canadian-born artist, is known for using food ingredients in his art, on one occasion painting a hotel room in mozzarella cheese. He used 200 pounds (90 kg) of chocolate to make the sculpture which, unusually, depicts Jesus without a loincloth.

(Thanks to Chris for pulling that from the BBC/Guardian)

Jumping the gun here, but Easter is my favorite holiday (the Pagan part).

UPDATE

Choc Christ exhibition scrapped over Catholic outrage
ABC Online - 14 hours ago
A Manhattan art gallery has cancelled its Easter-season exhibit of a life-size chocolate sculpture of a naked Jesus after an outcry by Catholics.
Gallery Director May Resign Over Chocolate Jesus Exhibition Playfuls.com
Chocolate Jesus exhibit cancelled BBC News
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This country is so lightweight..

Comments

[Zapata]

Christ! (pun intended). The gallery director may resign?????? Makes me wanna bag up a pile of dog poop and put it on the church step and ring the bell and run!

OMG... I finally figured out the bunny pic! Real boobs! I looked at it a couple of times and didn't see anything wrong with it, except it appears to be siamese bunny candies.