From OTAGO DAILY TIMES (New Zealand):
Electricity company Powershop says a billboard depicting Pope Benedict XVI marrying a male couple is not targeted at Catholics. The four-and-a-half storey billboard is part of a campaign by Powershop, with the slogan "Same Power, Different Attitude."
Powershop chief executive Ari Sargent said the billboard was not targeted at Catholics "per se", but the Pope was an analogy of big power companies.
"It's making the point that some larger institutions can often lose touch with their constituents."
It was never their intention to offend anyone, he said.
Powershop is a state owned company.
Good on yer, New Zealand!
Perfect use of the implied apology that isn’t one!
“I’m so sorry if you were offended by what I said.”
The two happy grooms make a handsome interracial couple as they exchange rings over an open Bible with a Papal blessing. It points to a whole different kind of power: the sacred power of love to overcome religious bigotry.
I celebrate this bold image as a glimpse of the realm of God that is coming into being, I also blogged about it today at Jesus in Love:
http://www.jesusinlove.blogspot.com/2012/12/pope-blessing-gay-marriage-see-it-now.html
“It was never their intention to offend anyone, he said.”
Well, that’s disengenuous. But then again, the Vatican claims not to be homophobic, so tat-for-tit (or rather, dack-for…)
Washington State and New Zealand should totally get together!