House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Saturday slammed the Olympic opening ceremony for mocking “The Last Supper” by featuring performers dressed as women.
“Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and offensive to Christians around the world who watched the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony,” Johnson said. I have written In post X.
“The war against our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today, but we know that truth and virtue always triumph,” Johnson wrote, quoting the Bible’s John 1:5, which says, “The light shines in darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome the light.”
The opening ceremony in Paris featured an ensemble of performers, some of them cross-dressed, in a scene reminiscent of Da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper.”
The painting depicts Jesus having his final meal with his apostles on the night before his crucifixion.
While many on social media criticized the decision to go ahead with the performance, others praised it.
Johnson wasn’t the only one to criticize the ceremony. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) also WeighedHe accused the Olympic Committee of trying to censor right-wingers by removing posts that used footage of the ceremony to criticize the performance.
Television personality Piers Morgan asked whether the Olympics “would have made mockery of other religions in this way?” post About X.
and Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker, who was involved in controversy earlier this year. Criticism.
