{"id":16788,"date":"2009-12-20T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bbc_unholy_row_over_new_zealand_mary_and_joseph_billboard\/"},"modified":"2009-12-20T00:00:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T00:00:54","slug":"bbc_unholy_row_over_new_zealand_mary_and_joseph_billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=16788","title":{"rendered":"BBC: Unholy row over New Zealand Mary and Joseph billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unholy row has broken out in New Zealand over a church billboard aimed at &#8220;challenging stereotypes&#8221; about the birth of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>A dejected-looking Joseph lies in bed next to Mary under the caption, &#8220;Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>St Matthew-in-the-City Church in Auckland, which erected the billboard, said it had intended to provoke debate.<\/p>\n<p>But the Catholic Church, among others, has condemned it as &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; and &#8220;disrespectful&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/8417963.stm\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unholy row has broken out in New Zealand over a church billboard aimed at &#8220;challenging stereotypes&#8221; about the birth of Jesus Christ. A dejected-looking Joseph lies in bed next to Mary under the caption, &#8220;Poor Joseph. God was a<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=16788\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,48,39,399,74,575,187,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-anglican-church-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-polynesia","category-anglican-provinces","category-christmas","category-church-year-liturgical-seasons","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}