Ice cream ad banned as “offensive” to Catholics

Don’t these lame Christians, in this particular instance Catholics, have anything better to do with their lives than pick their noses and complain about being offended? They are offended by some meaningless advertisement for ice cream, but the fact that the Catholic Church is overrun with pedophiles who sexually abuse minors isn’t offensive to them? Obviously not, since they continue to support this criminal clan. What a bunch of immoral clowns these people are! TGO

Refer to story brief below. Source: Associated Press

Wed Sep 15, 11:39 am ET

LONDON – 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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