And from France we have: Fury over Virgin Mary statue on ‘Slut Street’
Fury over Virgin Mary statue on ‘Slut Street’
The mayor of a sleepy village in the south east of France has apologized to inhabitants for his “lack of tact” after a statue of the Virgin Mary was placed on ‘Chemin de la Radasse' – which translates as ‘Slut Street’.
Placing a statue of the Virgin Mary on a village street would not normally cause too much consternation in France but when a bust of Our Lady went up in Cogelin, a village on the south coast, the residents were in uproar.
They were unhappy the mayor Jacques Sénéquier's choice of location was the street "Chemin de la Radasse", literally "way of the slut".
Realising the gaffe, a repentant Sénéquier admitted having not paid attention to the name of the street when he gave his permission for the statue to be erected.
“When I took up the position of mayor and discovered this statue in this old warehouse, I thought it was a shame,” the mayor told TF1 television. “That’s why I got it erected near the College of Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption (Our lady of the Assumption) – I thought it would be a nice reference.”
http://www.thelocal.fr/page/view/fury-as-virgin-mary-statue-erected-on-slut-street#.USbhTjfyCSo
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