It's been a while since Porta dos Fundos' Christmas special, The Last Temptation of Christ, was made available on Netflix – but the controversy is not over yet, and the last chapter came at the hands of the Federal Supreme Court (STF): on the 9th, Minister Dias Toffoli overturned censorship that Judge Benedicto Abicair, from the 6th Civil Chamber of Rio de Janeiro, had imposed on the streaming platform.
The international media has been paying attention to the development of events, and yesterday (14), columnist Ben Thompson, from the British website spiked, decided to make his contribution.
The writer talks about the theme of the special, mentions the attack on Porta dos Fundos with a Molotov cocktail and comments on the attempt by conservatives to ban the video. For him, an “inconsistency”, since Christians, for example, justify the right to criticize gay marriage through freedom of expression.
“Many Christians take pride in ensuring freedom of expression when it comes to their right to criticize same-sex marriage, transgenderism or other religions. If they want to be consistent, they must not suppress views and works of art that they consider offensive or blasphemous.”
For Thompson, “we should be free to call Jesus gay.”
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