In 2023 the Biden Administration ordered a massive painting of Jesus Christ to be removed from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York.
The painting, featured Jesus with His arms outstretched over a lifeboat filled with sailors who were lost at sea. It was originally installed in 1947.
But 75 years later, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a notorious gang of anti-Christian bigots, demanded that the painting be removed because it allegedly offended non-Christians.
“The outrageousness of that Jesus painting’s display is only further exacerbated by the fact that this room is also used regularly for USMMA Honor Code violation boards where midshipmen are literally fighting for their careers,” Weinstein wrote at the time.
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy posted a statement explaining the issues and how the resolved the matter.
The complaint suggested that the painting sends an improper message of preferred faithin violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. The Academy evaluated this complaint. In balancing our responsibility to foster a community of mutual respect and adhere to the law, we have decided to discontinue use of the Elliot See Room for official business. The Room will remain available to members of our community who wish to view the painting. Finally, we will engage a vendor to clean and restore the painting and eventually display it at the Academy’s Chapel.
Restoration News reported that the painting was eventually stuffed into a damp, moldy basement.
But that may change very quickly thanks to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. On Tuesday he vowed to restore the painting to its rightful place.
Duffy, a devout Catholic, made that promise during a speech at Kings Point.
“Can we bring Jesus up from the basement,” he asked a crowd of mariners. “Let’s let him rise. You want Jesus up from the basement?” The mariners cheered and roared with approval.
Would it not be fitting if Jesus was restored and raised from the basement grave on Easter Sunday?
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