A well-known evangelist says a sexually explicit billboard campaign by Calvin Klein shows that the company cares nothing about traditional values.
The 50-foot billboard in New York City's SoHo neighborhood features two men and a woman in a provocative pose. The billboard has generated controversy since it was unveiled last week. Ray Comfort is founder of The Way of the Master ministries and Living Waters ministries. He says the ad shows that the clothing manufacturer does not care about the abuse of women and children. "We've got 670,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. The U.S. has become a tinderbox of sexual predators," he notes. "We really don't need Calvin Klein, with their dirty advertising, starting fires." This is not the first time Comfort has taken a stand against sexually explicit advertising. In 1999, ABC TV placed an explicit billboard in Comfort's neighborhood advertising an upcoming miniseries. In response, he purchased an 18-foot ladder, climbed up to the billboard, and stapled a large orange blanket over the offensive picture. Comfort says the present Calvin Klein controversy is another example of America's depravity and the need for a solid gospel witness by the church.
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