The American TFP has been combating public blasphemy and sacrilege since 1978. In that year, it’s first public protest was against a Planned Parenthood pamphlet which contained a horrible caricature of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A crowd of 1,500 Catholics gathered in front of Planned Parenthood’s offices in New York and Planned Parenthood issued an official letter of apology. From that time, the TFP has organized dozens of protests against blasphemies involving art exhibits, plays, movies, cartoons and books. In recent years, the TFP has organized rallies in reparation for satanic black masses performed in Oklahoma and blasphemous Broadway shows and art exhibits in New York City.
At Washburn University in Topeka, Kans., the Campus “Beautification” Committee recently placed a blasphemous sculpture outside the student union. The sculpture, titled “Holier than Thou,” depicts the bust of a bishop with a fat, cruel and ugly face. The miter he wears resembles a phallic symbol. In a caption beneath, sculptor Jerry … Read more
The BBC News reports that ABC reporter Elizabeth Vargas concedes her network’s one-hour “exploration” of whether Jesus Christ had a wife is going to offend people. However, this will not stop the November 3 screening. The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and its American Needs Fatima … Read more
""""[vc_column_text] URGENT ACTION REQUESTED! It has been six long years since playwright Terrence McNally first staged his play Corpus Christi in New York City. Since then, the work, which portrays Our Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles as homosexuals, has generated protests, local indignation and negative publicity at alternative theaters. Thousands of … Read more
In the supercharged atmosphere of the abuse scandals, Peter Mullan’s film The Magdalene Sisters is a sensationalist melodrama that only adds fuel to the fire. The film has just been released nationwide and the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) with its America Needs Fatima campaign is … Read more
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It seems Alma Lopez is at it again. When her computer collage titled “Our Lady” appeared at Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art in February of 2001, it unleashed a wave of controversy that even now divides the city. Press reports described the “art” exhibit as a floral bikini-clad Virgin of … Read more
One of the surest signs of a successful blasphemy protest is the presence of a counter-protest. The offending parties seem to be saying that protesters are so important that they cannot afford to ignore them. It was hard to ignore the scores of Catholics who braved the rainy weather to pray and … Read more
On May 16, twelve members of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property left their home in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Their destination: the Kresge Little Theater at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Their purpose: hold a 2-1/2 hour rally, in protest against the play, The Most Fabulous … Read more
The American TFP’s America Needs Fatima campaign has announced that it will be demonstrating at Cincinnati’s Know Theater on June 14 as part of its nationwide protest against the play Corpus Christi, which portrays Our Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles as homosexuals. TFP website users may also register their protests now. … Read more
At an institute of “higher learning.” one would expect high standards. However, this is not the case at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which is staging the play The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. In reply, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and its America … Read more
Many of us buy wall calendars but after casually flipping through the pictures the first two weeks of the year we tend to forget them. Ozzy Osbourne’s latest extravagant effort, a family calendar, is hard to forget. The front cover displays the vulgarity and crudeness for which he is so known. A … Read more