Free Republic

The woman who plays Mary in Mel Gibson’s passion-stirring Biblical epic The Passion of the Christ, says her parents were Holocaust survivors but she does not consider the film anti-Semitic. If there is a message, it’s more about how people can be manipulated by their leaders, Maia Morgenstern said. “Mel Gibson is an artist, a director. He never imposed his religious convictions on anyone,” said Morgenstern, rejecting criticism that the film will fuel anti-semitism. The film is to be released on Ash Wednesday, February 25. Gibson who directed funded and co-scripted the film, has denied that his movie maligns Jews....