St Matthew in the City, Auckland is at it again with its Christmas billboards. This time they have decided that Baby Jesus may have been gay. He may not of course.

Similarly, the Reverend Glynn Cardy, rector of St Matthew in the City, may be subject to bouts of schizotypal personality disorder during which he bites the heads off stoats. He may not, of course.

From here:

Jesus may have been progressive in more ways than one, according to a new billboard in Auckland.

The St Matthew in the City billboard, which is released each Christmas, this year depicts the baby Jesus in his crib surrounded by a halo of rainbow colours.

“It’s Christmas,” the billboard reads. “It’s time for Jesus to come out.”

Reverend Glynn Cardy said the sign was about trying to lift the humanity of Jesus.

“The fact is we don’t know what his sexual orientation was.”

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More importantly the billboard was meant to ask whether Jesus’ desires in the bedroom would make a difference for those of faith.

“Would it make a difference if he was gay? Would that change the picture for you? Would it mean what we revere about him changes?”