RE: [world-vedic] Krsna on Gay Mag Cover Outrages

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Aberrante issue, the spesific diseaes of more fallen soul is atmavam atmate

jagad, like I am is all the world. The homexauliti is a psiquic dieseas and

Prabhupada appointed this is asuric bhava mentalic in the 3º canto of

Srimad-Bhagavatam. Please stop spread stupities.

 

De: michael parker <parzuta

Para: vediculture <vediculture >

Fecha: Sábado 20 de Mayo de 2000 2:16 PM

Asunto: [world-vedic] Krsna on Gay Mag Cover Outrages

 

 

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>>Anudasa

>>radharani108, vy

>>[VY] Re:Manjari makes the news

>>Fri, 12 May 2000 14:31:12 EDT

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>>Manjari, Bhagavan's daughter, has made the news again. As many of you

know,

>>she put together the dance with Modana's Orissian dance at the MTV Music

>>Awards as well as danced with her.

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>>Manjari has been meeting a lot of celebrity's like Modana as make up

artist

>>and preaches to them about krsna as the below article explains.

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>>Sorry its taken from PADA, but I think you will enjoy it all the same.

>>Being

>>as far behind as I am, this is about month old.

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>>I am catching up though.

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>>Raghu

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>>1) Krishna as gay on mag cover outrages Indians in US

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>>By Chidanand Rajghatta

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>>Washington, April 26 - Lord Krishna is known to be a happy God, but gay?

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>>The depiction of Krishna on the cover of Genre, a popular American gay

>>magazine, has outraged some touchy Indians in the US and invitedanonymous

>>death threats against the

>>magazine's publisher and editor. The threat has been taken seriously

enough

>>by the

>>magazine to reportit to authorities and equip its office phones with

caller

>>ID.

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>>"They called us motherf*&%$# and threatened our lives and our company,"

>>publisher Doug Shingleton told The Indian Express. He said Genre is an

>>independent alternative

>>lifestyle magazine with a circulation of 120,000.

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>>The cover that some Indians find offensive is in the magazine's May issue,

>>which is specially devoted to spirituality with a story titled "Choosing a

>>Spiritual

>>Path." Next a caption that asks "Was Jesus Gay?" It features actor Alexis

>>Arquette in bright blue body paint.

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>>But there is no mistaking him for Jesus. Arquette has a silver tilak on

his

>>forehead and is adorned in a flower garland, a jewelled head-dress, a

>>golden dhoti. He holds

>>a golden flute in his right hand and is surrounded by a peacock and a

deer.

>>Inside, a 12-page story examines 30 different faiths including Hinduism,

>>Buddhism, Islam, Sufism, Judaism, and their outlook on homosexuality. "As

>>is typical of other world religions, the attitude of Hinduism toward

>>homosexuality is schizophrenic at best. It is ignored in some texts and

>>punished in others, though it is essential in the activities of the Hindu

>>gods," the story says.

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>>It then goes on to suggest that homosexuality was commonplace in India

>>because of the existence of a whole chapter in the Kama Sutra on

homosexual

>>fellatio and other erotic acts. "The criminality of being gay seems to be

>>primarily absorbed from the puritanical values of Victorian Britain and

the

>>Law Code of Manu, best known as the sacred law

>>texts, where the punishment for homosexuality ranges from a purification

>>bath for the male to amputation for lesbians," the story adds. The section

>>also provides links to the Hindu Temple Society and HinduNet.org. The

>>editors of the magazine however say they did not mean to cause any offence

>>and the cover is aimed at broadening the understanding ofthe attitude of

>>religions towards homosexuality.

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>>"We are not saying Krishna is gay ... Those people (threatening us) have a

>>narrow view of Krishna. Gods are transcendent, and they go beyond male and

>>female... He goes beyond modern man's sensibilities," Morris Weissinger,

>>the magazine's editor-in-chief said in an interview to India West, an

>>ethnic newspaper that first reported the controversy.

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>>Arquette, who starred in The Wedding Singer and Pulp Fiction among other

>>films, is an openly gay actor who often appears in drag. The photo is shot

>>by well-known portrait photographer Greg Gorman, whose has previously

>>worked with Richard Gere, Elton John, Johnny Depp and Alec Baldwin among

>>others. The make-up for the shoot was done by the Indian artist Manjari,

>>the Los Angeles-based Odissi dancer who performed with Madonna at the MTV

>>Music Video Awards in 1998. Manjari told "India West" she had no idea

until

>>they were halfway through the shoot what kind of magazine Genre was.

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>>Manjari also handled the makeup for comedian Mike Myers in a similarly

>>controversial Vanity Fair cover last year. The cover, which the magazine

>>claimed was a spoof of the

>>trendiness of religion, showed Myers as a Hindu holy man with gadgets.

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>>Manjari claimed in the interview that she is a Krishna devotee and was

>>perfectly at ease with the shoot after she decided to take up the

>>assignment. At the photo shoot,

>>she played devotional music, posted pictures of Krishna, brought garlands

>>to the crew, and even invited them to the Hare Krishna Temple in West Los

>>Angeles.

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>>"It was a very sacred atmosphere. I wanted to be sure they did Krishna

>>justice. I was concerned about the authenticity," she told the paper. The

>>magazine said it had no plans to remove the issue from the newstands,

>>although many kiosks, particularly in

>>the New York area, are owned by Indians. The controversial issue is also

>>not yet up on the magazine's website (http://www.genremagazine.com) which

>>still featured the April issue at the time of writing.

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