Monday, May 22, 2006 9:43 p.m. EDT
Madonna 'Shocks' With Concert Crucifixion
Less than 12 hours after Madonna crucified herself on a mirrored cross, the2006 Associated Press.
Catholic League expressed its discontent with the concert stunt.
The
controversial diva wore a crown of thorns and sang while hanging from a cross
during Sunday night's opener of her "Confessions" world tour at The Forum in
Inglewood.
"Knock off the Christ-bashing," Catholic League president Bill
Donohue said in a statement Monday. "It's just pathetic."
Though Donohue
said that Madonna "has been spicing up her act with misappropriated Christian
imagery for a long time," he thought that her faith in Kabbalah might inspire
new respect for religion.
"I guess you really can't teach an old pop star
new tricks," he said. "Poor Madonna keeps trying to shock. But all she succeeds
in doing is coming across as a boring bigot."
A message left with Madonna's
spokeswoman was not immediately returned.
The "Confessions" tour continues
through Sept. 4 with dates throughout North America and Europe.
Why is this acceptable, but images of Mohammed are not?
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