A Court in Brazil ordered Netflix on Wednesday to remove the controversial Christmas film, First Temptation of Christ, for depicting Jesus as a gay man.
The Netflix comedy movie, “First Temptation of Christ” which depicts Jesus as a gay man was produced by YouTube comedy channel, Porta dos Fundos and it has gathered a huge backlash after it was aired in Brazil, sparking about two million people to sign a petition for the movie to be taken down as its jokes are being “seriously offensive” to Christians.
The outrage from the public also led to the gasoline bomb attacks on the movie producers on Tuesday, 24 December 2019.
Netflix has now been ordered to remove the movie that some called blasphemous for depicting Jesus as a gay man, which prompted the attack.
The ruling by Rio de Janeiro judge, Benedicto Abicair, on Wednesday responded to a petition by a Brazilian Catholic organization that argued the “honor of millions of Catholics” was hurt by the film.
Judge Abicair said the program’s withdrawal “is beneficial not only to the Christian community, but to Brazilian society which is mostly Christian.”
Netflix told The Associated Press it would not comment on the ruling.
Porta dos Fundos also declined to comment on the judge’s decision, which contradicted an earlier decision rejecting censorship of the program. The ruling is valid until another court orders otherwise.
