A massive painting of Jesus on display in the US Merchant Marine Academy in New York has been covered by a curtain after objections that the religious image should not hang in a room used for ...

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, has covered up a large painting of Jesus Christ in one of its buildings following a complaint from an advocacy group. After ...

The painting, which shows a young and muscular Jesus in a loincloth, has critics – largely conservatives on social media – calling the image "offensive", "evil", and too "sexualised" for Holy ...

Yet two figures are joined in community: Note, for example, how the colors of the painting, except for the woman's reddish-orange hair, unite the woman and Jesus through their lighter-colored ...

Weinstein, who argues that the Jesus painting being displayed prominently ... The midshipman recalled praying under the image when he was afraid he would fail. "I remember many times when I ...

Namely, moving a painting of Jesus out of a basement at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Duffy made a splashy announcement about the picture just as the Federal Aviation Administration ...

Some interpreted one of its scenes depicting the Greek god Dionysus as a mockery of "The Last Supper," a Leonardo da Vinci painting that shows Jesus Christ dining with his disciples before his ...

(JTA) — A large painting of Jesus will be moved out of a room at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York, and mandatory events will not take place in its presence. That decision by the ...