The sixth-largest company in the United States, a telecommunications and technology company named C Spire, has announced that it is yanking all of its ads from the coverage of the Olympics broadcast by NBC over the opening ceremony of the event, which many argue mocked Christianity.
As background, the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris saw a mocking rendition of the Last Supper, the dramatic time when Jesus broke bread and shared wine with his disciples before being arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, scourged by Pontius Pilate, and crucified on Calvalry Hill.
The mocking Olympics of rendition, which was based on the famous Da Vinci painting of the Last Supper, saw drag queens and transgender performers reenacting the Last Supper while seated in the same formation, with an odd number of young children sprinkled amongst the performers, which many argued was highly inappropriate.
all Christians on all continents who have been hurt by the outrage and provocation of certain scenes.”
Further, in an X post, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta expressed his “distress and great disappointment at the insult to us Christians during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics when a group of drag artists parodied the Last Supper of Jesus.”
Featured image credit: By ERIC SALARD from Paris, FRANCE – Retour des medaillés de Tokyo 2020 au trocadero, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108316806
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