Free Republic

On Easter, as the Mission District’s pious donned their Sunday best and filed into the Basilica, an altogether different congregation was gathering in Dolores Park, orchestrated by a colorful, sacrilegious clergy.

In addition to a standard Easter celebration, San Franciscans invented their unusual Easter entertainment. When the world solemnizes the greatest Christian feast of the Resurrection, some local men take part in the Hunky Jesus contest and local women—in the Foxy Mary contest correspondingly.

ACTUAL Jesus, a contestant in the Hunky Jesus competition, explains to the crowd his opinion of Jesus during 36th annual Sisters Easter in the Park and Hunky Jesus competition hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Golden Gate Park's Hellman's Hollow in San Francisco, Calif.