Brazil: Church demands justice do ban sexy pic on Playboy

Milton Ribeiro [pt] reports that the Brazilian Justice has banned a photo in August edition of Playboy, after complains from the Catholic Church because the model was holding a crucifix. “After all, the Catholic Church, who owns the fetish, felt offended and it is now going after the girl and the magazine. The penalty is more comprehensive and prevents the magazine, as of now, to publish any religion related article. That's right: prior censorship.” Check the blog out to see the picture.

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  • […] in the contest leads to pride and, subsequently, to penance?  When the Catholic Church tries to stop the publication of a photo in Playboy magazine in Brazil because of the presence of a crufix, I feel like I’m more […]

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