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Online petition claims ‘Deadpool’ poster is ‘religious discrimination’ against Latter-day Saints

Salt Lake Tribune | December 12, 2018

Related Topics: Discrimination, Religious discrimination, Poster, Petition, Deadpool, Second Coming, Ryan Reynolds, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A petition demanding the removal of a “Once Upon a Deadpool” movie poster — calling it “a form of religious discrimination against Latter-day Saints — has gathered more than 28,000 online signatures as of Wednesday morning.

The Change.org petition calls out the poster, which resembles what it calls the “sacred picture of ‘The Second Coming,’” by Harry Anderson.

(Photo courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Harry Anderson painted
(Photo courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Harry Anderson painted "The Second Coming."

“Deadpool is positioned exactly as Jesus Christ was and is wearing a white robe," the petition reads.

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