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Madonna defends 'crucifiction' act
Pop diva Madonna, who is on her "Confession" tour, has defended her crucifiction stunt saying Jesus wouldn't mind.
Pop diva Madonna, who is on her "Confession" tour, has defended her crucifiction stunt saying Jesus wouldn't mind.
According to ananova.com, Madonna, who wears a crown of thorns and sings her hit Live to Tell on a giant cross during the gig, says it was part of an appeal to fans to help AIDS charities.
She said: "I don't think Jesus would be mad at me and the message I am trying to send. Jesus taught that we should love thy neighbour."
However, Christian groups in Britain and the US have been outraged by the stunt.
A spokesperson for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, leader of Catholics in England and Wales, called the stunt "a banal perversion of that magnificent event".
In US, the Catholic League said: "Poor Madonna keeps trying to shock, but all she succeeds in doing is coming across as a boring bigot."
