Nat’l Portait Gallery Covers Up Obama Painting for Appearance of Jesus (satire)

Washington, DC (PNN): Artist Shepherd Fairey's portrait of President Obama -- which was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery and has adorned a wall in the gallery since the beginning of Obama's presidency -- was covered while a portrait of Jesus appeared next to the Obama painting.

Here is the Obama portrait as it appeared at the Gallery last week before the arrival of the Jesus portrait:

And below is the same section of wall as it was discovered by a gallery security guard on Saturday morning, with a new portrait hanging next to the covered Obama portrait:

The news prompted the Obama administration to release the following statement: "We are disturbed and upset that a symbol of true hope to all mankind has been censored in a gross example of either right-wing pranksters, divine vandalism or some sort of anti-Hope conspiracy. We trust that the American people support our call to seek an apology from whoever or whatever perpetrated this insult to the faith of so many people."

It was subsequently discovered that the Portrait Gallery "scandal" was not a prank, vandalism or conspiracy. Gallery curator and self-exposed member of the extremist and delusional Christian right movement, Bill Willingham, claims he received a new painting of Jesus for display, and covered up the Obama portrait at the request of Jesus Christ Himself. "Jesus wanted a simpler backdrop consistent with past appearances," explained Willingham.

Awesome! Jesus is the true light which is the light of all men. And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. Hallelujah! No person is above Jesus. Hallelujah!

John 1: 1-18 (New King James Version)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend [overcome] it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

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