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Madonna has seen the public's wrath brought upon her for similar reasons. Her "Like A Prayer" video, which depicts Catholic icons in a questionable light and displays a large crucifix which typically covers more of her chest than her shirt, has also led many to question her interpretation of Catholic doctrine. Both Sinead and Madonna have answered such criticism with indifference...
...past 40 years or so, because of a lengthy series of Supreme Court rulings, the tide has generally favored the separationists. In this nation of spiritual paradoxes, it is legal to hang a picture in a public exhibit of a crucifix submerged in urine, or to utter virtually any conceivable blasphemy in a public place; it is not legal, the federal courts have ruled, to mention God reverently in a classroom, on a football field or at a commencement ceremony as part of a public prayer...
...some shards of Venetian glass and the bones of a 15th century pig. At Isabela in the Dominican Republic, where Columbus founded Spain's first colony on his second voyage in 1493, some evidence is turning up about the layout of the town, its artifacts (including a crucifix, possibly the first in the New World) and the colonists' interaction with the natives...
...temple of Jupiter -- once the world's largest Roman temple -- Anita Tarossian, 19, and her fiance, Hagop Bedrossian, 23, stand gazing at the temple of Bacchus below them. The Armenian-Lebanese couple have returned from Toronto this summer. They epitomize all that Hizballah objects to. A gold-and-turquoise crucifix hangs from a chain around Anita's neck. Both wear shorts and stand with their arms around each other. "We don't care what Hizballah thinks," says Bedrossian. "Let them object if they want...
...ears. He sports a closely cropped < mustache and has gained at least 30 lbs. But the glistening brown eyes were unmistakably those of the "Chess Player," his nickname in the drug world. He wore a gold-and-stainless-steel Cartier tank-style watch, and a hefty gold crucifix dangled around his neck. His hands were small, almost feminine in their softness, and fastidiously manicured...