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Title: Ice cream ad banned as "offensive" to Catholics
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
URL Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie ... AULT&CTIME=2010-09-15-11-39-24
Published: Sep 15, 2010
Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:33:51 by Brian S
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Views: 3017
Comments: 4
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's advertising watchdog has banned an Italian ice cream ad featuring a pregnant nun, saying it causes offense to Catholics. The magazine ad for ice cream maker Antonio Federici showed the nun eating a tub of ice cream, with text that read: "Immaculately conceived ... Ice cream is our religion." The Advertising Standards Authority said Wednesday it has received 10 complaints from magazine readers who said the ad was offensive to Christians. The agency said imagery used to illustrate immaculate conception was likely to be seen as mocking the beliefs of Roman Catholics. The Italian company said the idea of conception represented the development of their ice cream and the ad aimed to gently satirize religion.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Bad taste. Especially in Italy. I'm guessing the ad company is run by gay atheists.
Maybe she's just fat from eating all that ice cream.
Your gayness is showing again.
When doesn't it? He and yukon are the two biggest flamers I've ever seen.
The magazine ad for ice cream maker Antonio Federici showed the nun eating a tub of ice cream, with text that read: "Immaculately conceived ... Ice cream is our religion."
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
#3. To: Liberator (#1)
I'm guessing the ad company is run by gay atheists.
#4. To: Fred Mertz (#3)
Your gayness is showing again.
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