It offends the sensibilities of our Christian brothers and sisters, deeply demeans the faith of millions of Filipinos, and dangerously scales the boundaries of protected speech and expression.' 'In my opinion, this is the height of the misuse and abuse of our freedom of expression that borders on criminal activity. 'I condemn in the strongest possible terms the extremely blasphemous and offensive video that has gone viral showing people in a club making a mockery of the Christian faith and disrespecting The Lord’s prayer,' the Senate President said in a statement. The video, which showed Vega wearing religious garb and singing a rock version of “Ama Namin”, has ignited a firestorm of criticism from politicians and leaders of the Catholic community.
MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri condemned Thursday as 'blasphemous' drag queen Pura Luka Vega's performance of the Tagalog version of the Lord's Prayer and urged authorities to look into a possible violation of the Revised Penal Code.