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Permalink Reply by Killarny on October 28, 2009 at 4:44pm

From the Fox article: "I don't think it's funny," Hudson told Foxnews.com. "Why is it that people are allowed to publicly show that level of disrespect for Christian symbols?..."

I assume he is choosing to ignore the 1st Amendment when he asks why people are "allowed" to do this? Exactly what kind of law does he think could possibly be enacted in a Constitutional manner to make it illegal for people to disrespect a symbol? How do we fairly define disrespect? How do we fairly define which things are symbols that need to be respected, and which are not?

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Permalink Reply by Reggie on October 28, 2009 at 7:24pm

I like Larry David.

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on October 28, 2009 at 9:43pm

Sounds like Fatwah envy to me. "You'd never do this to Islam, you'd be afraid to!"

And really, Donahue? What doesn't he get upset about? If someone were to say that Catholics were not the largest denomination of Christians in the US, he'd scream persecution.

What these people who insist that Christians are being singled out fail to realize is that the people performing these 'offensive' acts are not targeting Christianity because of a fear of or respect for Islam or other religions. PZ Myers proved that when he 'desecrated' a copy of the Koran (and The God Delusion) during Crackergate.

The reason that Christianity is most often the target is because it is Christianity that is most familiar, most intrusive and poses the greatest danger to our freedom. If Judaism was trying to enforce a theocratic standard upon our government, then they'd get the majority of the attention.

In short, stop trying to force your religion down everyone's throat, and maybe there'll be less bile directed at you.

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Permalink Reply by Shine on October 28, 2009 at 10:39pm

Who hangs a picture of Jesus next to a toilet anyways? Is that really the ideal spot for the holiest of holies?

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on October 28, 2009 at 10:47pm

Considering some of the houses of the insanely devout, there are pictures (and crosses) on every square inch of wall.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Mann on October 28, 2009 at 11:02pm

The Fox411 article, the caption under the photo of Larry David looking at the picture of Jesus, says "Larry David is being criticized for a story line in which his character urinates on a PHOTO of Jesus Christ."

I didn't know they had cameras in Jesus' day.

But if you believe dinosaurs and people existed at the same time, anything is possible.

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