Believers around the world are expressing offense over the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, which featured drag queens reenacting Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, as well as other inappropriate acts.

During the drag performance, the group assembled themselves around a table, a lesbian woman in the middle with a semblance of a halo above her head, to create a tableau resembling the painting—which depicts Jesus and His disciples during the Lord’s Supper not long before Christ was crucified. The scene played out on a bridge over the Seine River overlooking the Eiffel Tower.

At least one minor was involved in the drag display, which offended many.

“Why would the International Olympic Committee allow the opening ceremonies to feature men in drag parodying the Last Supper?” Franklin Graham posted on Facebook. “Even more than being disrespectful to Christians, I would be concerned about being disrespectful to God. His Word tells us, ‘Be not deceived, God is not mocked’ (Galatians 6:7). … Whether you’re Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, or Protestant, it is offensive.”

C Spire, a Mississippi-based telecommunications and technology company, pulled its advertising from the games in response to the spectacle. “We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics,” the company tweeted. “C Spire will be pulling our advertising from the Olympics.”

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves reposted C Spire’s tweet, commending the company’s decision. “I am proud to see the private sector in Mississippi step up and put their foot down,” he wrote. “God will not be mocked. C Spire drew a common-sense, appropriate line.”

The ceremony has drawn a large negative response, not only from believers, but also from prominent people—including billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk—and government leaders. Some others have shared on social media their plans to boycott the entirety of the Olympics.

House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X: “Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world who watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

“The war on our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today. But we know that truth and virtue will always prevail. ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it’” (John 1:5, NIV).

Many are angered over the fact that they could not allow their children to watch the ceremony, which should be family-friendly, but instead celebrated debauchery in several forms.

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