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Actors Whip Easter Bunny at Church Show
Thu Apr 8,11:08 AM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
GLASSPORT, Pa. - First, the Passion of the Christ. Now, the torment of the Easter Bunny?
It may not have been as gruesome as Mel Gibson's movie, but many parents and children got upset when a church trying to teach about Jesus' crucifixion performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs.
People who attended Saturday's show at Glassport's memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, "There is no Easter bunny," and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.
Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. "He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped," Salzmann said.
Patty Bickerton, the youth minister at Glassport Assembly of God, said the performance wasn't meant to be offensive. Bickerton portrayed the Easter rabbit and said she tried to act with a tone of irreverence.
"The program was for all ages, not just the kids. We wanted to convey that Easter is not just about the Easter bunny, it is about Jesus Christ," Bickerton said.
Performers broke eggs meant for an Easter egg hunt and also portrayed a drunken man and a self-mutilating woman, said Jennifer Norelli-Burke, another parent who saw the show in Glassport, a community about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
"It was very disturbing," Norelli-Burke said. "I could not believe what I saw. It wasn't anything I was expecting."
Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. "He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped," Salzmann said
I am the only one who wondered if this was a black or white church?
naw im wonderin too!! ****...
im sorry but that was just hilarious!!! omg....i wish i could've seen that!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: poor kids....but im sayin...they need to know what Easter is REALLY about...it aint about no giant crusty Bunny....it's RESSURECTION SUNDAY!! when Jesus ROSE!!!! AMEN HALLELUJAH *starts shouting*
when i think bout Jesus...and what he's done for me...when i think bout Jesus and how he set me free...i can DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE ALL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dancing*
I wanted to kick my friend this morning when she called talking about Happy Bunny day...negro its Easter....it means way more than a bunny and some nice clothes.
But I don't know if the children were ready for all that.
