by Laurel Duggan
Riccardo Simonetti, LGBT ambassador to the European Union Parliament, dressed as a transgender Virgin Mary for the cover of a Berlin-based queer magazine.
The photos show a bearded Simonetti in a tunic and veil, holding a baby who is presumably representing Jesus. In another photo he is holding the baby with another man, who appears to represent Joseph, wrapping his arms around Simonetti.
“If we ignore the fact that Jesus wasn’t white, we could as well believe the Virgin Mary had a beard, why not?” Simonetti wrote in the caption to his Instagram post.
Simonetti is German, and he became a special envoy for LGBT issues for the European Union Parliament in 2021, according to his website.
“Awesome. Very transgressive. Very brave. Now do Trans Muhammad. I dare you,” Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry of the Ethics and Public Policy Center commented on Twitter.
Awesome. Very transgressive. Very brave. Now do Trans Muhammad. I dare you. https://t.co/Cd9Mc38g0y
— PEG (@pegobry) December 2, 2021
“How else could the famously tolerant and respectful rainbow community celebrate advent if not with a blasphemous, pointless provocation?” Peter Heltai, a Hungarian journalist, wrote on Twitter.
The left-leaning European Union has struggled with its smaller and more conservative member states in recent years as countries such as Poland or Hungary resist EU directives to acknowledge gay marriage, deemphasize Christianity, loosen abortion restrictions and join the EU in supporting shifting norms on gender identity issues.
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Laurel Duggan is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “Riccardo Simonetti” by Riccardo Simonetti.
He’s sick and twisted, but that’s to be expected. Jesus will NOT BE MOCKED—and will do justice upon those who mock His Mother too.
🙏 for this man’s soul. May he repent of this blasphemy before he dies. Lord have Mercy!
The Mission of the European Union is to establish common good for its European states and the respect and progress of peoples. In what way does the Union have to include a category of sexual orientation in its ruling authority?
The fact that this human person has no respect for the proper members of the European Union makes him not suitable to be included. This action is disrespectful, blasphemous, and an attack on the Catholic and Christian roots of Europe. No respect for the Blessed Virgin Mary who as The Second Vatican Council, (Lumen Gentium nn. 61-62) is the sign of great hope for all of humanity as she leads the way to true happiness and true human fulfillment in Christ, The Lord. He should be removed from office immediately.
Phŷckeen degenerate, blasphemous piece of trash. How about a trans Muhammad, if he really has balls? Let’s see how long he stays alive, phŷckeen coward.
Do an islam, do an islam!! I double dog dare you.