Sweet heavens...

By Grace

A New York City gallery caused quite a stir today with its proposed exhibition, which was supposed to open on Monday. The Catholic League, headed by Bill Donahue, launched a wave of protest against the Lab Gallery in Manhattan when they announced that they would be showing a piece, entitled "My Sweet Lord", created by Cosimo Cavallaro. It's a six-foot tall sculpture of Jesus -- made entirely of milk chocolate. Two hundred pounds of it.

I had every intention of visiting the display during Easter weekend, however, the Lab Gallery and the Robert Smith Hotel announced this afternoon that they would cancel the exhibit due to intense public pressure, including death threats. I can only say that I'm extremely disappointed at this development.

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UPDATE: See Joe Gandelman's excellent round-up of news coverage and blog reaction at The Moderate Voice. Steve Benen also has an excellent post up at The Carpetbagger Report. -- MJWS