City Censors Pictures As Too Religious

A Florida city has barred three paintings from a city hall display celebrating Black History Month because they contain small references to the Christian faith.
Officials at the city of Deltona, Fla., say hanging the colorful photos by artist Lloyd Marcus would be tantamount to the town favoring a specific religion.

Marcus' paintings were to be part of an employee-organized display in the lobby of Deltona City Hall, but acting city manager Roland Blossom nixed the art, reported the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

"I saw the word 'Jesus' and the Holy Bible just sort of thrown in the painting," Blossom told the paper, saying because the display is in a public building, observers might "think this government is advocating in favor of one religion over another."

One of the banned paintings is a joyful New Orleans funeral procession. Another, entitled "3 a.m.," shows a partial Bible and part of the word "Jesus" on a church sign. "The Christmas Basket" shows a clergyman delivering food to a black family. With him are two people, one of whom wears a cap bearing the message "I (heart) Jesus."

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