Sunday, September 30, 2007

City Street Fair Program Drawing Offends Christians

Christian groups are complaining about the drawing on the cover of the official program guide for San Francisco’s September 30th Folsom Street Fair, according to CNS News. The festival is funded in part by the city’s Grants for the Arts program. The controversial cover features a poster apparently based on Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper". In this version, however, Jesus and his apostles are replaced with leather-clad men and women. On the supper table are bondage sex toys. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in whose district the festival will be held, said that the drawing was protected by the First Amendment and that she did not believe that Christianity had been harmed by the drawing.