The Hysteria Around Holy Communion at the Olympics Is Unjustified

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Surrounded by diversity and multiculturalism, the opening of the Paris Olympic Games was overshadowed by one specific image. Drag queens and various representatives of the LGBTQIAPN+ community sat at a table reproducing “The Last Supper,” a painting painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1498. For a group of angry Christians on social media, this was a great disrespect, a real blasphemy.

The painting does, in fact, symbolize a biblical passage, but it was made 15 centuries later by a man who, according to the biography written by Walter Isaacson, is gay and atheist, characteristics that in themselves would be offensive to this segment of the population. . It is not the first time that the painting has been reproduced. A quick search shows that there are hundreds of satires on Da Vinci’s work, from superheroes and Turma da Mônica to humorous ones like “Total Zorra” – to say the least.

What is annoying and generates debate is not, therefore, the reinterpretation of the painting, since not even when it was treated as a joke did it arouse such controversy. What causes heated discussion is the presence of LGBT people in the painting, an audience commonly targeted by the most conservative religious sectors. There is nothing discreditable in the image, no crime is committed. It is clear, therefore, that the use of faith is not in defense of the biblical passage, but rather in the service of hatred towards a certain community.

Interestingly, the passages in the holy book used to criticize LGBT people come from the same source that preaches that adulterous women should be stoned or that one should not eat pork or wear two kinds of cloth. All of these teachings have already been relativized and outdated. Jesus Christ was known for sitting at the table with the marginalized and persecuted. He is, therefore, a portrait of love and compassion, not hate. Does this angry part represent him so well or does he understand his words?

Yes, the Olympics were right in representing an already excluded minority. LGBT people have existed as long as the world has existed. And they will continue to exist. Any debate that does not include them in the pursuit of fundamental rights – such as the right to be seen – is pure hysteria.

Source: Terra

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