IS CONDOM PORTRAIT OF POPE BENEDICT XVI BLASPHEMOUS? GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH ANSWERS 'YES'

THE PUBLIC HAS WEIGHED IN ON CONDOM PORTRAIT OF POPE BENEDICT XVI AT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, ALLEGED NEWS. 
  More than 200 people turned out for a panel discussion on the portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, which was fashioned from thousands of colored condoms, Alleged News.
 The portrait named 'Eggs Benedict' will reportedly remain on display in the Museum's Calatrava wing through August 2015, alongside a wall where patrons may register their opinions of the piece on sticky notes, Alleged News.
  It has been reported that, while reading questions from the audience, Chief Curator Brady Roberts asked the panel Thursday whether they considered the portrait blasphemous; No one answered directly, Alleged News.

Blasphemy
  Good Shepherd Church has no hesitation in confirming that the portrait is blasphemous.
  The reason?
Definition of blasphemy is, 'the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk. 
  Profanity, profaneness, sacrilege, irreligiousness, irreverence, taking the Lord's Name in vain, swearing, curse, impiety, impiousness, ungodliness, unholiness, desecration, disrespect'.
  The portrait as a work of art is a beautiful one; Artist Niki Johnson has artistic talent and wonderful ability in the usage of colors.
  The subject of the portrait is a worthy one; Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has a unique visage with strength of character and purpose.
  The media of the portrait is made of condoms; thus, presumably, a latex or rubber medium.
  The use of latex or rubber as an art medium is an innovative one.
Niki Johnson is quoted as saying she was inspired by the Pope Emeritus' 2009 remarks that condoms would only worsen the problem of AIDS in Africa [2].
  The anomaly occurs when the use of the medium in relation to the subject of the artwork can be construed as a sign of blatant disrespect.
  The use of a sexual prophylactic to portray the visage of a Spiritual Leader respected by millions can be seen as irreverent and a sign of disrespect.
  Therefore it is blasphemous.

Condemnation
  The fallout from the showing of the portrait shows clearly that the artwork is not conducive to harmony. 
  Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki has condemned the portrait, Alleged News.
  Several longtime friends of the museum have canceled their memberships in protest, and one docent resigned, Alleged News.[2]
  Good Shepherd Church calls on the Museum of Milwaukee to remove the portrait from the gallery, as a sign of good taste and respect to people of faith worldwide.
  Why not sign the petition being circulated by luminous 'America Needs Fatima?'
https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/forms/E15112.html?utm_source=sm-anf&utm_content=E.15112_Split5

[1] Public Weighs In On Condom Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI at Art Museum, Alleged News 
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/public-weighs-in-on-condom-portrait-of-pope-benedict-xvi-at-art-museum-b99560912z1-322474491.html 

[2] Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI Made of Condoms Sparks Controversy in Milwaukee, Alleged News 
http://time.com/3940789/portrait-pope-benedict-xvi-condoms/ 

With thanks to AmericaNeedsFatima.org, JSOnline.com and Time.Com
Image by Rev Catherine