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|location=Santa Barbara, California, USA | |location=Santa Barbara, California, USA | ||
|description_of_content=Serrano's photograph presents an image of a crucifix submerged in urine—which the artist claimed was his own. | |description_of_content=Serrano's photograph presents an image of a crucifix submerged in urine—which the artist claimed was his own. | ||
|description_of_incident=The Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) attracted controversy for including "Immersion (Piss Christ)" in the curriculum of one of its high school | |description_of_incident=The Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) attracted controversy for including Andres Serrano's "Immersion (Piss Christ)" in the curriculum of one of its high school "Theory of Knowledge" courses at Dos Pueblos High School. A Catholic law firm, The Thomas More Society, sent the school district a letter on May 9, 2023, demanding the work be removed from the course, claiming it was "illegal" and "bigotry." | ||
"The 'Piss Christ' image is hate-speech which is intended to, and which actually does, cause devout Catholics to feel directly harassed and targeted," the letter read. "The image is meant to provoke a reaction, it is meant to be harassing. In that sense, it may be “art,” but teaching it is no different than asking students to personally step on a crucifix so that the class can then have a discussion about how engaging in blasphemy made them feel." | "The 'Piss Christ' image is hate-speech which is intended to, and which actually does, cause devout Catholics to feel directly harassed and targeted," the letter read. "The image is meant to provoke a reaction, it is meant to be harassing. In that sense, it may be “art,” but teaching it is no different than asking students to personally step on a crucifix so that the class can then have a discussion about how engaging in blasphemy made them feel." | ||
|description_of_result=Attorneys from the Thomas More Society announced on June 7, 2023 that the school district promised | |description_of_result=Attorneys from the Thomas More Society announced their victory on June 7, 2023, sharing that the school district promised them "Piss Christ" would no longer be used in the "Theory of Knowledge" course moving forwards. | ||
|source=https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/piss-christ-removed-from-california-school-curriculum-following-outrage-santa-barbara-unified-district-dos-pueblos-high-thomas-more-society-andres-serrano | |source=https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/piss-christ-removed-from-california-school-curriculum-following-outrage-santa-barbara-unified-district-dos-pueblos-high-thomas-more-society-andres-serrano | ||
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