GagWatch

I’m a bit behind here, but from MediaWatchWatch comes the news that about 60 Christians turned up at the Birmingham Hippodrome to protest against the staging of Jerry Springer: The Opera.

As with many religious types, they start off by getting outraged at something they haven’t seen…

Nigel Powell, of Hurst Green Family Church in Halesowen, who brought a party of 25 from his church to protest, said he had not seen the show but had enough information to prove to him it was blasphemous.

… and then try to be touchier than the competition.

Mr Powell compared the protest to the uproar seen across the world over an anti-Muslim cartoon. He said: “It is the same sort of thing - the Muslims are offended by what was in the Danish newspaper and we are deeply offended by what is taking place here.

“One of the Muslim spokesmen actually made a comment that they were the only religion in the world left that really cares about their God - they said even Christians are happy to let the Life of Brian and Jerry Springer - the Opera take place without any protest. Well we do care and there has been a lot of protests. We love Jesus with a passion and we find this deeply offensive.”

Jerry Springer: The Opera is playing in Birmingham for another week. Get your tickets while you can.

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