The British Board Of Film Classification said there were ongoing rumours that a movie version had been made of a controversial play called Corpus Christi.
The play, by Terrence McNally, is set in tbe modern-day United States and deals with issues including gay marriage - but has never been made into a film.
BBFC senior examiner Craig Lapper said: "I think it was a bit of an internet hoax several years ago, suggesting a film was being made of the play in which Jesus and his disciples were portrayed as homosexuals.
"I can remember replying to people concerned about this blasphemous film back in the late 1990s.
"This year again, for whatever reason, there was another spike in people writing to us to insist that we ban this terrible, blasphemous film.
"We just had to write back and say 'This film doesn't exist'."
The BBFC received six complaints about it in 2011 and another two queries this year, with complainants often asking the board to ban the film on the grounds it is blasphemous and offensive.
Yahoo News - and picked up everywhere.
Brilliant.
So you see it's not just gay wet liberals who get caught up in pointless clicktivist internet-inspired bogus campaigns about nothing?
(I can't find an original source for these quotes, but guess they must have some connection to the latest BBFC annual report, which is not yet available on their website.
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Aren't there gospels that are locked away in the vatican or somewhere that are a bit suggestive (or more) about Jesus and certain relationships he had?
ReplyDeleteI could google the name of the gospel in question but can't be arsed.
Seems odd they should lock it away, if they truly believe in Jesus and his example - if they are censoring his life and some of his teachings/actions/relationships then they seem more interested in protecting their own (possibly false) idea about him rather than who or what he actually was.
What a racket.
Jesus is outed in St John's gospel - written by his boyfriend, John.
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