Katy
Perry's hit song "I Kissed a Girl"
inspired a spin-off that played on a sign outside a
Christian church in Blacklick, Ohio. Havens Corners
Church ran its own version of Perry's lyric
by adding an evangelical twist: "I kissed a girl and I
liked it, then I went to hell."
"It's not
something that is really a shock if you're a scriptural
person," the Reverend Dave Allison, pastor of the 100-member
church, told The Columbus Dispatch. "We meant
that as a loving warning to teens. The Scriptures tell us
that you should not do what the song tells you to
do."
Perry, who
released a Christian pop album in 2001, has achieved
international success with her song about kissing another
female. The church's message, however, was lost on most
Blacklick residents.
Observers either
were not familiar with the song and didn't understand
the cultural reference or didn't understand the message,
according to the Dispatch. So Allison removed
the sign on Thursday, saying that it was not due
to any pressure.
"It was obvious:
'If you're gay, you're going to hell,'" said Wendy
Olinski of Reynoldsburg, a neighboring town. "At first, I
have to say, I laughed hysterically because I was
shocked. But that's going way too far. It's just
rude." (The Advocate)
