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Easter 2016: Jesus actor fired from Sunday parade for being 'too gay
Times UK ^ | 10/25/16 | Caroline Mortimer

Posted on 03/25/2016 12:20:32 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1

An actor who has played Jesus in traditional Spanish Easter parades for 30 years says he has been banned from the role for at least two years because he is gay.

Ramón Fossati says he was told he could not perform the role in the traditional parade to mark Easter Sunday until 2019 because he exposed a naked shoulder and waved his arms in an “ostentatious” way last year.

The Junta Mayor de Semana Santa Marinera, which governs the brotherhoods in Valencia which organise the Holy Week celebrations, accused Mr Fossati of “ostentation and parody” and appearing to give “false blessings” to the crowd.

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Alternate Link :http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/easter-2016-jesus-actor-banned-sunday-parade-too-gay-a6951791.html

1 posted on 03/25/2016 12:20:32 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Thats him:


2 posted on 03/25/2016 12:26:04 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Of course a pervert is gonna portray Christ in an inaccurate,irreverent way.
3 posted on 03/25/2016 12:28:08 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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he’s not having a gay ‘ole time...


4 posted on 03/25/2016 12:30:58 PM PDT by brivette (no tagline)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

His outfit is Fabulous!


5 posted on 03/25/2016 12:31:54 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

I did not know Jesus was fat either.


6 posted on 03/25/2016 12:40:49 PM PDT by TonyM
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Ya want a spoiled Easter? Recruit a fruity Jesus.


7 posted on 03/25/2016 12:42:34 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw
There's nothing they won't defile.

That's Lucifer for you.

8 posted on 03/25/2016 1:13:23 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutierrez)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

That getup does not look like anything I can imagine Jesus wearing.


9 posted on 03/25/2016 1:15:47 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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That getup does not look like anything I can imagine Jesus wearing.

Might fit right in with the Folsom street parade.

10 posted on 03/25/2016 1:19:41 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

It might indeed.


11 posted on 03/25/2016 1:21:34 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

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12 posted on 03/25/2016 4:02:53 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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