A Church that Celebrates OrgasmsTommi Avicolli-Meccabyline‚ Nov. 26‚ 2008How’s this for the origin of a new religion? Painter Carlos Bebeacua does a work called The Madonna of Orgasm, which is censured at the 1992 Expo in Sevilla, Spain because it is considered pornographic. During a protest of the censuring, Bebeacua and his supporters are arrested by the Spanish policia. Four years later, the experience inspires him to do what many have done quite lucratively: Start a new religion. Next thing you know, Bebeacua, a native of Uruguay, is the self-appointed cardinal of the Madonna of Orgasm Church. His application to register the church name in Sweden, where he has lived for many years, was rejected at first (because it might be offensive to Christians), but an administrative court recently ruled that the new religion has a right to be recognized. That’s one small step for the Madonna of Orgasm, one giant leap for fun religions that we’d all like to join. What’s not to like about a religion that celebrates the human orgasm? |