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5/18/2006
Da Vinci Debut Insults 85 Million Americans WASHINGTON, May 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), and Evangelical minister and president of the National Clergy Council in Washington, DC, representing thousands of church leaders from Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant traditions, released this statement today regarding the newly released film, “The Da Vinci Code.” “With the debut of their film, The Da Vinci Code, film director Ron Howard and Sony Pictures will insult and deeply offend 85 million American Christians. Can anyone imagine the outcry had Ron Howard and Sony made a film based on The Protocols of Zion, a scurrilous attack on Jews and Judaism, or The Satanic Verses, for which author Salman Rushdie was accused of insulting Islam? I doubt it. “Howard and Sony know that people of deep Christian faith will turn the other cheek, so they took the plunge and poured contempt on our faith, our traditions and our institutions; shame on Howard and Sony for their insensitivity, incivility and callous disregard for what is precious to so many of us. They’re no different than the boor who takes the Lord’s name in vain when he can’t get a Coke out of the dispensing machine.”
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