"South Park" Parked by Complaints

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"South Park" Parked by Complaints
By Sarah Hall
Thu Dec 29, 5:50 PM ET



Did Comedy Central grant the Catholic League its Christmas wish?


Following the Dec. 7 season finale of South Park, titled "Bloody Mary," the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights slammed the network for its irreverent portrayal of church icons and sought to block the episode from being rebroadcast.


It appears the group may have met with success. A repeat of the finale was scheduled to air Wednesday night, but was seemingly pulled from the Comedy Central lineup without explanation.


In the episode, a statue of the Virgin Mary is believed to be bleeding from its rear end, inspiring faithful parishioners to flock from miles around to be healed by the miraculous blood.


Eventually, Pope Benedict XVI is called in to investigate, whereupon he determines that the statue is actually menstruating and thus is nothing special.


"A chick bleeding out her vagina is no miracle," the pope declares in the episode. "Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time."


Somewhat predictably, the Catholic League was incensed by the satirical portrayal of the Virgin Mary and the pope and by the fact that the episode aired on the day before the Catholic Church celebrated its Feast of the Immaculate Conception.


The conservative group demanded an apology from Viacom, Comedy Central's parent company, to Roman Catholics everywhere and "a pledge that this episode be permanently retired and not be made available on DVD."


The Catholic League also sought a personal condemnation from Viacom board member Joseph A. Califano Jr., who the group noted is a "practicing Catholic."

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[stratagosv]

Is that all? Pfffff!!

[dustdevil28]

This is odd. Their complaining about this episode when there have been shows that have the priest screwing in the confession box, asked if the metaly handicapped can get into heaven. Shows that include a nun talking to a very disoriented pope John Paul.

Heck, this episode their complaining about is pretty small.

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battleborn said:

This is odd. Their complaining about this episode when there have been shows that have the priest screwing in the confession box, asked if the metaly handicapped can get into heaven. Shows that include a nun talking to a very disoriented pope John Paul.

Heck, this episode their complaining about is pretty small.

Well, I tend to be attracted to sick humor. Heck, that's why I watch that liberal Bill Maher.

So none of this offends me.

[sneegro9783]

And they didn't complain about the Jesus boxing match, either.