An Olympic athlete was given a choice: either remove an image of Jesus Christ from his surf board or be banned from the competition.
Joao Chianca, a Brazilian surfer, is also a Christian. The 23-year-old’s boards are adorned with an image of the iconic “Christ the Redeemer” statue. ... “Just received the news that [the] painting is not authorized at the Olympic Games because Christ is a religious figure, and the Games have strict rules and focus on total neutrality,” he wrote, according to The Sydney Morning Herald journalist Dan Walsh.
