HOLLYWOOD, Nov 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The blasphemous Mirimax (a Disney subsidiary) film “Dogma” will splash across movie screens Friday hurling insults at Christ, Christians, Christianity in general, Catholicism in particular, and the pro-life movement. One of the film’s stars commented during production that the most controversial part of the film is the contention “that Mary and Joseph had sex and that they had a kid, and therefore there is a (relative) of Christ on Earth who is a girl, and she works at an abortion clinic.”
The film, by writer-director Kevin Smith, is geared for controversy. While some suggest picketing the film in protest, others have said that it is so poorly produced that it will draw very few numbers unless popularized by the anticipated controversy.
Over the past few months, a Catholic League petition demanding that Disney dump Miramax secured approximately 300,000 signatures. Last April, the Catholic League was delighted when Disney told Miramax not to release the movie. Miramax chiefs Bob and Harvey Weinstein, however, decided that their anti-religious agenda was too important to be abandoned so they invested $14 million of their own money to keep the film alive. Accordingly, the Catholic League embarked on a petition drive asking Disney to sever all relationships with Miramax.