Iceland Declares Christianity A Public Health Hazard

[D Gary Grady]

6. An excellent joke article parodying Utah's attack on naughtiness

This is so plausible-sounding that it might be worth belaboring that it's a joke, one specifically aimed at Utah's recent ridiculous resolution declaring porn a public (pubic?) health menace. There's a post about it here on my blog. (Apologies if such self-referencing is against the rules here, but some might be interested at least in the links there.)

I was stationed in Iceland in 1973-74 and for a while did the only afternoon television newscast (on AFTV) in the country. (My ratings were pathetic but hey, my share was 100.) The population is so highly educated (more bookstores per capita in Reykjavík than anywhere, I think) that I thought this might well be real. But Iceland has an established church (Lutheran) and the majority of Icelanders are members. I once visited the private chapel of the president of Iceland and was delighted to see that there were two stained glass windows in the foyer: one showing Christ and the Apostles, and the other showing Odin and the leading citizens of Asgard.