Groups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian

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http://peoplesworld.org/groups-protest-gop-censorship-at-smithsonian/

by: Joe Sims
February 2 2011

Decrying censorship angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough, at its Board of Regents meeting on Monday in Washington. Clough, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition entitled "A Fire in My Belly" by David Wojnarowicz, a gay artist who died of AIDS.

The video was part of a larger exhibit "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" that remains at the Smithsonian until mid-February.

Wojnarowicz's video which featured nude scene of men along with ants crawling on a crucifix was viewed as sacrilegious by right-wing groups.

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