UK bans pregnant nun ice cream ad (15 September)

[struggle4progress]

London, England (CNN) -- Britain's advertising watchdog has censured an Italian ice cream manufacturer over an advertisement depicting a heavily pregnant nun that appeared ahead of a papal visit to the UK ... The Antonio Federici ad is the company's second invoking religious imagery to fall foul of the ASA. An advertisement featuring a nun and a priest eyeing each other for a kiss was banned in July last year ... It said it had also been banned from showing another advertisement showing two men dressed as priests apparently on the brink of sharing a kiss ... A statement from Antonio Federici said the company was seeking to relaliate by securing a series of billboard advertisements along the route the pope's motorcade is expected to take ... http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/15/uk.nun.advertising/

[onehandle]

1. It's a just a creepy theme.

A staple of fetish anime.

[krispos42]

2. The two priests also are about to share an inter-racial kiss.

I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

[LiberalFighter]

3. They need to sell the ice cream here so their commercial will be broadcast.

:evilgrin: