Why the Fundamentalists are Freaking Out Over Da Vinci Code
by Harvey Wasserman
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With DAVINCI, the stakes are far higher. Jesus's sex life is one thing, and the documentation surrounding the plotline yet another.
But it is the pagan gender war that poses the ultimate threat to the hard-right theocracy of today's neo-con nightmare. Small wonder the fundamentalist fanatics are arming for battle.
If DAVINCI the movie gets beyond the petty gossip and Rovian spin, and into the heart of Magdalene's Grail and her liberationist followers, watch for the blood of the patriarchy to warmly flow.
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With DAVINCI, the stakes are far higher. Jesus's sex life is one thing, and the documentation surrounding the plotline yet another.
But it is the pagan gender war that poses the ultimate threat to the hard-right theocracy of today's neo-con nightmare. Small wonder the fundamentalist fanatics are arming for battle.
If DAVINCI the movie gets beyond the petty gossip and Rovian spin, and into the heart of Magdalene's Grail and her liberationist followers, watch for the blood of the patriarchy to warmly flow.
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