{"id":2315432,"date":"2024-07-29T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drag-parody-of-last-supper-scene-will-hurt-gay-acceptance\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:30:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:30:22","slug":"drag-parody-of-last-supper-scene-will-hurt-gay-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drag-parody-of-last-supper-scene-will-hurt-gay-acceptance\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag Parody Of Last Supper Scene Will Hurt Gay Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrag-parody-of-last-supper-scene-will-hurt-gay-acceptance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315432&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the controversial themes presented during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, highlighting an event that included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-teacher-praises-transgender-activist-sex-worker-in-front-of-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"Minnesota Teacher Praises Transgender Activist, Sex Worker In Front Of Middle Schoolers\">drag queens<\/a> depicting a parody of the Last Supper, \u200cwhich the\u200d author interprets as a \u200ddeliberate mockery of Christianity. The author critiques this representation, questioning \u2062whether it reflects\u2062 France&#8217;s stance on global inclusion or showcases a transformation towards a neopagan\u2064 mentality, especially against the backdrop of \u200chistorical\u200c Christian persecution in France. <\/p>\n<p>The piece also explores the cultural backlash \u200cagainst\u2064 LGBTQ+ representation in media and public life, suggesting that\u2063 the celebratory approach to\u2064 drag and LGBTQ+ identities may provoke societal recoil, particularly among those who feel their religious\u200b beliefs are being attacked. \u200cThe author references decreasing support for both transgender\u2064 issues and same-sex marriage, \u200dframing the Olympic\u200b ceremony as\u200d a sign of a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-gun-producer-jerry-bruckheimer-explains-what-made-maverick-such-a-hit\/\" title=\"&quot;Top Gun&quot; Producer Jerry Bruckheimer Explains What Made &quot;Maverick&quot; Such A Hit\">cultural pendulum shift<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Jillian Michaels, a\u2063 public \u2062figure who identifies as a lesbian, is mentioned as a critic of the way such events trivialize sacred\u2063 beliefs, urging LGBTQ+ advocates to \u2062consider\u200b the implications of their actions\u2062 on the very respect \u2062they \u2064request for their communities. The \u2062text\u2064 concludes by pointing out the potential for growing discontent both \u200dwithin Christian \u2063communities and broader society \u2063regarding the representation of traditional values\u2063 in the context of modern cultural expressions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Olympics is an opportunity for host nations to celebrate their cultural contributions to the world. Apparently, the French are most proud of mocking Christians under the shadow of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m not straight and I&rsquo;m not baptized, but you don&rsquo;t have to be either to be repelled by the openly naked ugliness on display at the Paris Olympics Friday night.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;Just in: The 2024 Olympic Games featured imagery involving women and drag queens at the opening ceremony re-creating the last supper.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xuCflvlJT4\">pic.twitter.com\/xuCflvlJT4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCalvinCooli1\/status\/1816933193854996490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>What was France trying to say of itself with a drag-themed parody to mock one of the holiest scenes in Christianity? Was this an image of France as an oasis of global inclusion? Or was it a neopaganistic expression of 21st-century transformation against the background of the world-famous 14th-century cathedral? Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/08\/french-election-upset-should-remind-republicans-they-cant-afford-to-be-complacent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elections<\/a> largely reflected a French population frustrated by mass migration, and they certainly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/13\/body-positivity-book-plus-size-in-paris-is-really-a-myth-about-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still don&rsquo;t love<\/a> &ldquo;body positivity,&rdquo; so it is probably more so the latter. <\/p>\n<p>The French also have a recent history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/news\/the-new-faces-of-persecution-against-christians-in-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persecuting<\/a> Christians, so don&rsquo;t expect those who were mocked on Friday night to be all that included when these people take over. And let&rsquo;s not pretend the performance, which <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1816955318439399603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">featured a child<\/a>, was an exercise in honoring the biblical supper scene because everybody knows Christians see drag as a manifestation of some underlying evil.<\/p>\n<p>The gay movement took decades to convince its Christian neighbors that gays were normal. However, mocking one&rsquo;s religious neighbors with an outright blasphemous display of fetishism to validate fringe sexual desires is anything but normal. It&rsquo;s one thing to put a drag queen on a platform, and it&rsquo;s another to weaponize an art perceived by Christians as demonic to demand their approval.<\/p>\n<p>What activists often forget is that, much like politics, culture is a pendulum, and how far it swings in one direction will determine how far it swings in the other. Republicans only <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/19\/donald-trump-enters-fall-election-with-the-big-tent-republicans-failed-to-build-for-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">removed <\/a>an explicit endorsement for heterosexual marriage this year, but those changes aren&rsquo;t permanent, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/between-99-and-100-jason-miller-says-trump-is-definitely-running-in-2024\/\" title=\"\u2018Between 99 And 100%\u2019: Jason Miller Says Trump Is \u2018Definitely\u2019 Running In 2024\">recent polling suggests<\/a> the beginning of a recoil.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash against transgenderism already started. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/13\/support-for-transgenderism-is-cratering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several surveys<\/a> revealed steep declines in support for transgenderism, specifically related to biological men competing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrant-horror-man-rapes-chokes-to-death-girl-16-in-front-of-her-own-mother\/\" title=\"Immigrant Horror: Man Rapes, Chokes to Death Girl, 16, in Front of Her Own Mother\">women&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s sports. The sliding approval numbers in support for homosexuality have just begun after the trans movement attached itself to the gay movement in an effort to gain public acceptance. New data from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/lgbtq\/4526784-support-same-sex-marriage-dips-first-time-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">showed<\/a> in March that support for gay marriage fell between 2022 and 2023 for the first time in nearly a decade. Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/646202\/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gallup<\/a> surveys have corroborated the findings of support for same-sex marriage in decline, with 69 percent of Americans favoring &ldquo;marriages between homosexuals&rdquo; in May compared to 71 percent who said the same in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Sexuality is not very interesting, and homosexuality became accepted and normalized when it stopped being interesting. Gay people stopped shocking us on films and television shows such as &ldquo;Will &amp; Grace&rdquo; because most of our neighbors came to know a gay person, or a few. Does that mean we should start putting transvestite drag performers on family broadcasts to mock the Christians? That&rsquo;s not normal behavior, so no one else wants to normalize that.<\/p>\n<p>Jillian Michaels is a lesbian mom who recently fled California in part over the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/18\/jillian-michaels-trashes-far-left-california-governance-to-explain-move-to-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cascade<\/a> of legislation promoting child gender transitions even without parental notice.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I grew up here. I&rsquo;m a woman. I&rsquo;m a gay woman. My mom&rsquo;s a Jew. My dad&rsquo;s an Arab. I have a black kid. And believe it or not, my son is half Latin, even though he doesn&rsquo;t look like it,&rdquo; Michaels <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/18\/jillian-michaels-trashes-far-left-california-governance-to-explain-move-to-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> on a recent podcast. &ldquo;I hold a million cards in your game of woke victimology poker. And when I leave California, maybe you&rsquo;ve lost your f&mdash;ing mind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Michaels summarized the risks of such blatant blasphemy on display at the Olympics with a post on X Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dear fellow gays&hellip; We demand tolerance and respect but then make a mockery of something sacred for over 2 billion Christians,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;This type of hypocrisy and lack of understanding is a bad look. We get outraged when the extreme right bashes us, but then we do this shit. What kind of reaction do you think they will have towards the LGBTQ+ community after this[?] This is NOT how we break down barriers[;] it&rsquo;s how you build them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear fellow gays&hellip; We demand tolerance and respect but then make a mockery of something sacred for over 2 billion Christians.  This type of hypocrisy and lack of understanding is a bad look.  We get outraged when the extreme right bashes us, but then we do this shit. What kind of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9rmDH9NAsp\">pic.twitter.com\/9rmDH9NAsp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jillian Michaels (@JillianMichaels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JillianMichaels\/status\/1817235506687783374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Is drag demonic? I don&rsquo;t think so. Is it sexual? Inherently, so let&rsquo;s stop pretending it&rsquo;s appropriate for children out of some need to cope with a narcissistic insecurity, lest we get carried away with convincing anxious anorexic teens that they really have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-complicated-dr-rachel-levine-dodges-sen-pauls-issue-about-sex-adjustments-for-children\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Complicated\u2019: Dr. Rachel Levine Dodges Sen. Paul\u2019s Issue About Sex Adjustments For Children\">gender dysphoria<\/a>. Pretending otherwise will only drag down gay acceptance.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Olympics provides host countries a chance to showcase their cultural heritage. It seems that the French take pride in ridiculing Christians, particularly during the Paris Olympics. While I don&#8217;t identify as straight or baptized, one doesn&#8217;t need to share those identities to feel disturbed by the blatant disrespect exhibited at the opening ceremony on Friday night. The event included imagery of women and drag queens recreating the Last Supper, which raises questions about France&#8217;s intentions\u2014was it an attempt at global inclusivity or a modern pagan expression set against the backdrop of Notre Dame? Given recent elections reflecting public frustration with mass migration and a general discontent with &#8220;body positivity,&#8221; it leans more towards the latter interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>France has a history of persecuting Christians, so it&#8217;s unlikely that those who were mocked will feel included in this narrative. The performance, which involved a child, was not an homage to biblical scenes; rather, it was seen by many Christians as an affront. The LGBTQ+ movement took years to gain acceptance among Christian communities; however, using blasphemous displays to validate fringe sexual identities is far from normal behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Activists often overlook that culture can swing like a pendulum\u2014what goes up may come down just as quickly. Recent polling indicates growing backlash against transgenderism and declining support for same-sex marriage after its association with transgender issues began affecting public perception negatively.<\/p>\n<p>Sexuality loses its intrigue when normalized; acceptance of homosexuality grew when it became less shocking through representation in media like &#8220;Will &amp; Grace.&#8221; However, introducing drag performers into family-friendly contexts as mockery is not acceptable behavior and does not foster normalization.<\/p>\n<p>Jillian Michaels\u2014a lesbian mother who recently left California due partly to legislation promoting child gender transitions without parental consent\u2014expressed her concerns about such blatant disrespect displayed at the Olympics on social media. She pointed out that while demanding tolerance for LGBTQ+ rights, making fun of something sacred for billions undermines that very cause and could provoke backlash from conservative groups.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion: Is drag inherently demonic? I don\u2019t believe so\u2014but it is sexual in nature. We should stop pretending it&#8217;s suitable for children under any guise of addressing insecurities or gender dysphoria because doing so could hinder acceptance within society overall.<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Justice serves as Western correspondent for The Federalist and writes extensively on culture-related topics while holding degrees in political science and journalism from George Washington University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2315433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-29-at-11.09.09%E2%80%AFAM-1024x525.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7069,36531,36444,9154],"class_list":["post-2315432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-drag","tag-gay-acceptance","tag-last-supper","tag-parody"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-29-at-11.09.09%E2%80%AFAM-1024x525.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}