Religious Outrage: Drag Queen Last Supper Costs Olympics American Sponsor!

Olympic organizers' decision to feature a drag queen parody of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies in Paris on Friday has led to the loss of an American sponsor.

C-Spire, a Mississippi-based phone service company, announced on Facebook Saturday that it would be withdrawing its advertising from the XXXIII Olympiad. The statement read, "We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics. C Spire will be pulling its advertising from the Olympics." Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves praised the company's decision, stating, "I am proud to see the private sector in Mississippi step up and put their foot down. God will not be mocked. C Spire drew a common-sense, appropriate line."

Religious leaders also expressed their outrage, with French bishops condemning the performance as "derision and mockery of Christianity" and expressing solidarity with "Christians on all continents who have been hurt by the outrageousness and provocation."

French politician Marion Maréchal took to social media to emphasize that the blasphemous display did not represent France but rather a "left-wing minority." She posted on X, "To all the Christians of the world who are watching the Paris 2024 ceremony and felt insulted by this drag queen parody of the Last Supper, know that it is not France that is speaking, but a left-wing minority ready for any provocation."

Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the opening ceremony, responded to the backlash by stating that the performance's intent was not to offend. "Our idea was inclusion," Jolly told reporters. "Naturally, when we want to include everyone and not exclude anyone, questions are raised.

"Our subject was not to be subversive. We never wanted to be subversive. We wanted to talk about diversity. Diversity means being together," he added. "We wanted to include everyone, as simple as that. In France, we have freedom of creation and artistic freedom. We are lucky in France to live in a free country."