[Sopater]

Now I realize the Christians are not likely to go on a violent rampage as members of some other religions might if it were their religious symbols being displayed this way, but I would think that tax payers should be furious.

[2banana]

And, out of “respect”, they will not reprint any of the muslim cartoons...

[WayneS]

I want my $4.6 Million back. NOW!

[Neoliberalnot]

Homosexuals are such lovely and normal people it just makes one proud of such an alternative lifestyle. Billions is shoveled to this group to pay for their venereal diseases, why not more for their art.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Thank The Good Lord that I live in the United States, where stuff like this doesn’t happen.

[Berlin_Freeper]

A couple thousand years later and they are still not done beating on Jesus.

[ClearCase_guy]

A great deal of Modern Art (I won't say all of it) is just pure concept and not a matter of technique.

If I say that a painting consists of a bridge over a small pond with lily pads, I have described a Monet. But you need to SEE the Monet to understand why the work is significant and how it speaks to the human heart.

The artwork described in this piece is different. There is no need to see it. A brief description tells you everything. Ooooh! They're bashing the church! So creative! The concept is equal to, probably "superior to" any possible implementation of the art.

This is an indication, I think, that what we have here is not Art at all. This is such crass polemics.

[weegee]

The same US government that is prohibited from endorsing Christianity is also prohibited from channeling tax dollars to condemn it.

[PGR88]

Why does the National Endowment for the Arts still exist????

There was talking of killing off this abomination in the Reagan years, but nothing has happened since.

Conservatives need to again take up this small issue as a sign of a bigger cause.

[weegee]

Federal taxpayers are subsidizing a college in New York whose art school is currently displaying works that include a drawing of a man with a crucifix coming out of his rectum, a drawing of a man with a rosary coming out of his rectum, and rosaries decorated with penises.

This is the counter example to a momument to the 10 commandments being placed on public property.

If the 10 commandments are not permissible, neither is this.

[metesky]

Picture Abe Lincoln giving his famous Cooper Union speech against this backdrop.

[lexusppd]

Only a moron would believe these kids are doing this for any other reason then they can do it and with impunity.

Bashing Catholicism is in vogue and kids being kids and rarely having any original thoughts, will follow along mindlessly.

The point made by another here that they would lack the courage to portray the religion of the pedophile Allah in such a way is well taken.

[DogBarkTree]

Obama Speaks On Economy At New York’s Cooper Union School
http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=80397604&text=Cooper+Union+for+the+Advancement+of+Science+and+Art

[Tzimisce]

...isn’t this “hate speech” that violates some student speech code?

[Dante3]

This is preverted.

[Romulus]

I would think that tax payers should be furious.

To be honest, I'm somewhat grateful. It's rare that enemies allow themselves to be seen for what they truly are. This is one of those rare times when we receive a valuable reminder of just who's fighting alongside whom.

[Blind Eye Jones]

It’s amazing how just by the invocation of the word “art” we can easily dispense with morality. Why is that?

[taraytarah]

You're right. Nothing will be done about this "hate speech."

Place a quran there in place of the crucifix and see what happens, Cooper.

[Jack Hammer]

Substitute ‘koran’ for ‘crucifix’ and ‘rosary’, and see what happens. The exhibition would never have opened, due to “cultural insensitivity.” As we all know, white, Christian caucasians are the new n*gg*rs, and it’s perfectly all right to discriminate against them. Being a bigot has never passed out of fashion, providing only that one is a bigot for the leftist, one-world, multi-culti, PC fascist world view.

[Salvation]

Tome for Catholics and all decent people to speak out by witholding their donations.

[RogerD]

Furious? No. In fact, I'm completely satisfied.

The NEA awarded the grants because, in its words, they "(enrich) our Nation and diverse cultural heritage by supporting works of artistic excellence, advancing learning in the arts, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the country."

I'm fully enriched, thanks to yet another example of what can be produced with a mere $100k or so in NEA funding. It may be time to admit success - that the art world is saturated with all the art of this kind that we could possibly need. Forever. The NEA has accomplished its mission, and there will never again be a need for government-funded religious art or for that matter for any government-funded art. This level of excellence cannot be matched, nor is there any possibility of further advancement in artistic learning in an NEA that has already reached this peak. Diversity has been fully satisfied with all possible combinations of Christian symbols with bodily functions. In the words of our Commander in Chief: "Mission Accomplished."

There can be nothing left to accomplish other than a nice going away party for the people who have so creatively managed the NEA through decades of difficult funding choices (another urine work or do we go rectal with this year's religious works?), a nice plaque recognizing that they have completed their mission, and two weeks notice before the NEA is completely dismantled. I'm eager to applaud their success at the NEA's closing ceremonies, with the same enthusiasm I would show at the Olympic closing ceremonies.