New billboard depicts Virgin Mary holding a pregnancy test

[Kadie]

New billboard depicts Virgin Mary holding a pregnancy test
By Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow – 8 hrs ago



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The billboard, called "Mary is in the pink," was purchased by the St. Matthews-in-the-City Church in Auckland, New Zealand. The church says the billboard featuring the revered religious figure aimed to "avoid the sentimental [and] trite" and "spark thought and conversation." It bears no text.

This billboard is only the latest in a string of provocative, holiday-themed billboards for the church, according to local TV station 3 News. In 2009, they ran another Christmas billboard featuring Mary and Joseph in bed with the tagline, "Poor Joseph, God was a hard act to follow."

Vicar Glynn Cardy said that this year St. Matthews wanted to focus on what it was like for a real mother with a real child. "It's about a real pregnancy, a real mother and a real child. It's about real anxiety, courage and hope."

On the church's website, St. Matthews says the lack of text on the billboard is intended to provoke thought: "We hope to do so with an image and no words. We invite you to wonder what your caption might be."

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/billboard-depicts-virgin-mary-holding-pregnancy-test-150612060.html

[lindysalsagal]

1. I give that billboard a week.

The Kansas fundies will hire a charter plane and take it out as soon as the church can cut the check for the plane fare.

[frogmarch]

2. I think the

actual quote probably was "avoid the sentimental tripe," not "trite."

I like it and am going to post it on my Fb page.

[iris27]

3. The anachronism is just too bizarre for me. Like showing Alexander the Great with an AK-47.

Besides, didn't she have Gabriel for that?

[EvolveOrConvolve]

4. I get the same feeling

Just something... off... about it. That feeling probably elevates it to "art", but what do I know?

[darkstar3]

5. No text, but plenty of subtext.

Maybe it's just because I've seen so many anti-choice billboards, but this anachronism has only one message in my mind.