*Over two million people have signed a petition calling for Netflix to remove a blasphemous Christmas special that depicts Jesus as a gay juggler.
Brazilian YouTube comedy group Porta dos Fundos is responsible for “The First Temptation of Christ,” and devoted Christians ain’t having it. A Change.org petition is calling for the movie to be removed and for Netflix and its creators “to be held responsible for the crime of villainous faith.”
“Jesus, who’s hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family,” a description of the film reads. “A Christmas special so wrong, it must be from comedians Porta dos Fundos.”
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I’m here for this gay Jesus Netflix thing. Water into iced coffee? Line ‘em up, bitch.
— Ghoul Doodle (@girldrawsghosts) December 19, 2019
Meanwhile, the comedy group is unapologetic.
“Porta dos Fundos values artistic freedom and humor through satire on the most diverse cultural themes of our society and believes that freedom of expression is an essential construction for a democratic country,” the group told PEOPLE in a statement.
“It doesn’t incite violence, we’re not saying people shouldn’t believe in God,” one of the co-founders of the group, Fábio Porchat, told Variety. “They [Netflix] haven’t said anything to us like, ‘Maybe we should stop making the special available.’ They support freedom of speech.”
As noted by Complex, there has been a mix of reactions to the film on social media, peep some of the responses below.
At the time of this post, “The First Temptation of Christ” is available to stream on Netflix.
BREAKING:@netflix released a show depicting Jesus as GAY?!
Let’s make this CLEAR!
Jesus isn’t some “woke” culture experiment for you to convince young people that biblical teachings are “debatable”?!
Jesus is the SON OF GOD and died for our sins!
Show some RESPECT!
RT!
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) December 14, 2019
The fact that netflix is coming out with a movie potraying Jesus as gay makes me sick. THATS SO DISRESPECTFUL. This world is so sick & twisted.
— Pretty Gangsta (@__BombBae) December 19, 2019
Dear @netflix,
Even though I don’t share their beliefs, I respect the LGBTQ community. But this “christmas special” films are not “comedy”. Gay Jesus and weed smoker Mary aren’t just characters for entertainment, you are disrespecting a religion.— maríagtzprivvv (@marygtzr) December 19, 2019
There is a movie called, “The First Temptation of Christ” which displays a gay Jesus & a weed smoking Mary. I am not sorry to the LGBTQ community for saying this, but that is completely disgraceful. I understand your movement and what you are fighting for but that is TOO MUCH!
— gracie✨ (@ayoograciee_) December 15, 2019
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