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Obama as Jesus Stirs Some Ire

Christ sculpture draws protest, but Barack turns the other cheek

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 3, 2007 9:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – Another sculpture of Jesus is stirring protest this Holy Week—this time a work portraying Barack Obama as the savior. The Art Institute of Chicago has gotten a flood of angry calls over the piece in an exhibition of student work, close on the heels...   Read full story »

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