It's a fund raiser for the New York art museum.
One of the biggest events for the glitterati...
Posted on 05/09/2018 8:14:08 AM PDT by ebb tide
Liberal commentator Piers Morgan has once again broken ideological ranks, this time penning a column expressing his disgust over how “a bunch of flesh-flashing celebrities” disrespected Catholicism with their sacreligious costumes at the Met Gala.
“I'm a Catholic,” Morgan wrote for the Daily Mail. “Not the most devout you'll ever meet, I'll admit. But I was brought up a Catholic – I even received not entirely successful spiritual guidance from nuns as a teenager! – and I still consider myself to be a Catholic. I know many people don't believe in any God or religion, let alone Catholicism, and I respect that. All I ask in return is for my beliefs not to be rudely disrespected.”
And the Met Gala costumes did just that, he wrote. Such costumes included sexualizations of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rihanna dressed as a glitzy female pope, and a Victoria’s Secret model in a modified cardinal’s cassock with a slit up the side.
“A lot of the imagery was highly sexualised, which you might think not just inappropriate for a religious theme but also incredibly offensive to the many victims of sex abuse in the Catholic Church,” Morgan pointed out.
He wrote that Madonna “looked preposterous” and performed Like a Prayer at the after-party.
“When it first came out, Madonna enjoyed enraging Catholics by making a video featuring burning crosses, statues crying blood and her seducing a black Jesus,” he commented. “What a nice touch to have this blasphemous old crone returning in all her unedifying glory to insult us all over again.”
“Next year's Met Gala is going to have an ‘Islam’ theme,” Morgan wrote sarcastically. “Yes, guests in 2019 will be encouraged to wear skimpy, provocative dresses that ‘celebrate’ the Prophet Mohammad, Islamic clothing including hijabs and burqas, and the Koran. I can also reveal that the 2020 Met Gala will have a ‘Jewish’ theme. Yes, a bunch of celebrities and models will be posing for the world's paparazzi dressed in all manner of Jewish attire and regalia, including dressing up as Rabbis and wearing kippahs.”
“Oh, wait,” he wrote. “Those celebrities who took part in this offensive fiasco need to ask themselves one question: ‘Would I have gone dressed as a Muslim or a Jew if I were not Muslim or Jewish?’ If the obvious answer is ‘No, of course not’ then they should all be ashamed of themselves.”
Morgan seems to have picked up on the ongoing crisis in the Catholic Church, too. The Vatican loaned some of its sacred vestments to the Heavenly Bodies show – which are being displayed in the same exhibit as a rosary-covered bondage mask.
“Apparently – staggeringly – the Vatican gave permission for the Gala to be 'Catholic-themed' because it has already provided a variety of clothes and other items for an accompanying exhibition at the Met,” he observed. “To which my response is: what the hell was the Vatican thinking?”
What the heck is this “Met Gala” anyway? Does it have a purpose?
Sometimes Piers does impress me
It's a fund raiser for the New York art museum.
One of the biggest events for the glitterati...
Sure it does. It allows the rich and famous to get into a big circle, turn off the lights, and then reach to the right...
Good for Mr Morgan
Thousands of Catholics are hearing about this and are wondering if they should explore Orthodoxy or Fundamentalism.
That this blasphemy was done with the cooperation of both Cardinal Dolan and the Vatican is sickening. These celebrities made a mockery of Catholicism. What were Church authorities thinking or have they been overtaken by Satan? Imagine if this “gala” had lampooned Muslims or Jews there would have been literally hell to pay. It is ironic that in this PC era when some groups can be offended and even outraged by even the most trifling thing this open blasphemy is not only tolerated but celebrated.
Are there thousands left, after the rampant pedophile priests and the globalist pontiff?
Why this venue?
Because it would take too long to find every Catholic in the country and spit in their faces.
Dolan should be bounced for this !!!!!!
Speaking of "gay", Fr. James Martin, S.J. was an honored guest.
"Last Judgment"? If only they believed in the consequences.
It was not merely the "celebrities". The Met is largely responsible for picking the theme in the first place. It was a bad idea on every level.
These are the modern day equivalent of Nazis. Take this event back to 1939 Germany and substitute the Jewish faith for Christianity and it is the same exact thing.
Anyone have the telephone number to the NY Met?
They are being blackmailed, given a pass on the pedo activity in exchange for going along with this sort of thing.
I’ve been binge-watching The Tudors. The clothing looks more King Henry the VIIIish than particularly Catholic, though the church was just beginning the Reformation.
With that story in mind, at first I was thinking “yet another mile marker on the path we’re on.”
But no, this event stands out more like a fully illuminated billboard on the path we’re on.
Maybe the map we’re made to follow is upside down?
Not only the VATICANbut Cardinal DOLAN has some ,splaining to do!! Is he GAY?? I think maybe so!
He’s right about this.
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