Vox asks to withdraw an LGTBI exhibition of Jesus Christ in the Eurochamber: “Blasphemy”

A photo exhibition at the European Parliament where an LGTB Jesus Christ is represented, the work of the Swedish artist Elizabeth Ohlsonhas provoked a wave of criticism and protests from far-right MEPs, who have described the images as “blasphemous” and “disrespectful”.

“One more time, The European Parliament bows to the LGTB lobby and promotes an untimely, unnecessary and grotesque blasphemous exposition made with the sole intention of offending and dividing,” Vox said on Twitter.

In one of the photographs you can see seven disciples, dressed in leather and with a chain, kneeling before Jesus Christ. Or, as interpreted by Lega MEP Maria Veronica Rossi, “apostles dressed as sadomasochistic slaves“.

For Vox, this constitutes “one more sample of the contempt and religious hatred of the institutions of Brussels to Christianity that would never occur to them with the ‘religion of peace’. It is imperative to achieve a majority in the Council and Parliament in order to recover the pillars and traditions of Europe.”

Along the same lines, the head of Vox in the European Parliament has lamented that “andhe The European Parliament has become a space of impunity for the LGTBIQ+ lobby with the complicity of the left, popular and liberal”. In addition, he has attacked Ohlson: “My infinite contempt for the author, the promoters and those who have allowed it. disgusting and miserable. My wish that the next legislature will not be possible”.

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The 61-year-old artist has defended herself and has justified that there are “a lot of images of Jesus with heterosexual couples, millions of famous paintings. These are only 12 photographs where Jesus loves LGBT rights, and 12 pictures shouldn’t scare people so much.”

Attempts at censorship

The work was exhibited in the European Parliament on May 2 at the initiative of the left group. This is a long-awaited event, since the first attempt to carry it out dates from 1999.

That time the Swedish MEP Marianne Eriksson (European United Left/Nordic Green Left) had tried to exhibit the work ecce homo, composed of 15 images, at the headquarters of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. However, the protests led to nicole fontaineleader of the organization, limited it to a few slides.

“Ohlson’s photographs often are inspired by baroque biblical paintingsbut they contain a message linked to current affairs,” stressed Swedish MEP Malin Björk (Left Party), responsible for organizing the exhibition. “Ohlson always takes a clear position in favor of the most discriminatedwhether they are LGBTQ+, Muslim, refugee, homeless or disabled.”

Like 24 years ago, before the inauguration on Tuesday, the extreme right (especially the Italians from Lega) they tried to boycott the exhibition. Matteo Salvini said that it seemed to him an outrageous work, and the anger spread through all the related groups.

The regulations of the European Parliament establish that “cultural events and exhibitions may not undermine, in any way, the dignity of Parliament, nor be offensive or inflammatory, nor give rise to disturbancesWhen the go-ahead was given, Ohlson’s work was deemed not to be in breach of any of these rules.

Only Parliament workers or those who receive special accreditation can access the work, so it is not open to the general public. The exhibition is scheduled to conclude on Friday, May 5.when the paintings will be removed, hanging in one of the corridors of the building.