(SRN NEWS) – Brazilian surfer Jo Chianca has been forced to remove an image of Christ from his surfboard because it violates the International Olympic Committee’s ban on religious imagery. Critics point out that the Paris Games featured a parody of the Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” featuring drag queens and the IOC didn’t bat an eye. Meanwhile, […]
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A battle over religious expression at the Olympics
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(SRN NEWS) – Brazilian surfer Jo Chianca has been forced to remove an image of Christ from his surfboard because it violates the International Olympic Committee’s ban on religious imagery.
Critics point out that the Paris Games featured a parody of the Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” featuring drag queens and the IOC didn’t bat an eye.
Meanwhile, a Brazilian skateboarder who won a medal used sign language to express her Christian faith on the podium.