IF I SPRAYPAINT MY NAME ON THE SPHINX AM I EGYPTIAN?:

Anger after Bible defaced in British gallery (AFP, Jul 28, 09)

Artist Jane Clarke, a minister at the Metropolitan Community Church, asked visitors to annotate the Bible with stories and reflections, as a way of making it more inclusive. [...]

On the first page of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, someone had written: "I am Bi, Female and Proud. I want no god who is disappointed in this."

Clarke said: "I had hoped that people would show respect for the Bible, for Christianity and indeed for the Gallery of Modern Art. I am saddened that some people have chosen to write offensive messages.

"Writing our names in the margins of a Bible was to show how we have been marginalised by many Christian churches, and also our desire to be included in God's love."

Turns out, they don't want it and they are pretty marginal.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 28, 2009 4:10 PM