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Lilli · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject: this is true

No passion for Easter Bunny at church show
Children in audience watch as actor in rabbit costume whippedThe Associated Press
Updated: 9:37 a.m. ET April 08, 2004GLASSPORT, Pa. - First, the Passion of the Christ. Now, the torment of the Easter Bunny?

It may not have been as gruesome as Mel Gibson’s movie, but many parents and children got upset when a church trying to teach about Jesus’ crucifixion performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs.

People who attended Saturday’s show at Glassport’s memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, “There is no Easter bunny,” and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.

Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. “He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped,” Salzmann said.

Patty Bickerton, the youth minister at Glassport Assembly of God, said the performance wasn’t meant to be offensive. Bickerton portrayed the Easter rabbit and said she tried to act with a tone of irreverence.

“The program was for all ages, not just the kids. We wanted to convey that Easter is not just about the Easter bunny, it is about Jesus Christ,” Bickerton said.

Performers broke eggs meant for an Easter egg hunt and also portrayed a drunken man and a self-mutilating woman, said Jennifer Norelli-Burke, another parent who saw the show in Glassport, a community about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

“It was very disturbing,” Norelli-Burke said. “I could not believe what I saw. It wasn’t anything I was expecting.”

© 2004 The Associated Press
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Buddy · senior member Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 104

Wow. That reminds me of how some churches have Halloween haunted houses that depict people being tortured in hell for their sins---not quite the message Jesus had in mind.
Embarassed

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Lilli · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:06 am Post subject:

nope
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indicaspice · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:10 am Post subject:

Wonder if they charged admission?
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