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[David Morris]

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=humannews&StoryID=1211862

CATANIA, Sicily (Reuters) - Civic worthies in Sicily were under fire Tuesday 
for bolting iron "underwear" onto a municipal statue of a stallion to spare 
blushes during a religious procession involving an effigy of the Virgin 
Mary.

"It is almost inconceivable that in the third millennium, someone should 
cover a horse's private parts for the Madonna," said local animal welfare 
campaigner Alfio Lisi.

"Didn't God create all living creatures, including man? So why the scandal?" 
he told Ansa news agency.

A statue of the Madonna will pass by the offending bronze stallion in an 
annual religious procession in the eastern Sicilian city of Catania set for 
later Tuesday night.

City council officials were not available for comment.




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