A paint-bomb attack on a controversial Christmas billboard will not stop the church from continuing its campaign, church leaders said yesterday.
A replacement has been ordered after the billboard was defaced about six hours after it was put up outside St Matthew-in-the-City in Auckland.
The image depicts the Virgin Mary and her betrothed, Joseph, in bed together.
A person was seen defacing the image just after 4pm yesterday, covering Mary’s face, Joseph’s face and the slogan that read: “Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow.”
Church leaders at St Matthew’s said the point of the image was to get people thinking about the Christmas story.
Great…. I am all for getting the community thinking about the true Christmas story… and I am all for humorous slants, but that billboard is just wrong
I read the article, and I'm still not clear on what the purpose of this thing is, I mean, other than shock value for publicity? Am I missing something?
WOW!! Like John said above I am all for getting people to think about what Christmas is all about, but this is……..I think I am speechless!! WOW!!
Ditto to what John Paul and Shawn said. Wow.