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Controversial musical hits Carnegie hall

A choir sings "Jesus is gay" and that the Virgin Mary was "raped by angels." Jesus is introduced as "the hypocrite son of the fascist tyrant on high."

These are just a few moments in the comedic musical "Jerry Springer: The Opera," which will run next Wednesday and Thursday at Carnegie Hall. But a Catholic civil rights organization isn't laughing, crying blasphemy over a show that has been...

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