The Bishop of Oslo is fuming today about a video featuring simulated gay sex with a priest filmed in a church. The singer is Tooji. The title is “The Father Project” and the song, the artist and his message are brilliant.
Tooji, born Touraj Keshtkar in Iran, moved to Norway when he was one. Kadoom.com also revealed he was featured on MTV Norway, began modeling and garnered international attention in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Keenly aware of the struggles of the LGBT community in his native Iran in particular, he both came out and announced his new album on Twitter.
My new video Father is Out, and so am I! http://t.co/pfoGKM8ovx
— Tooji (@Tooji_) June 8, 2015
As carried by the Huffington Post, The Right Reverend Ole Christian Kvarme, the Bishop of Oslo, has this to say: “No matter what the video’s message might be or who the artist might be, footage of intimate scenes in front of the altar is unacceptable” adding “A scene shot between a man and a woman would also be unacceptable.”
What Tooji found unacceptable was the intolerance faced by the LGBT community especially by the Church:
“For all those who feel ashamed with their beliefs, that are told that God doesn’t accept them, Let me tell you: You are a part of God and what you have is the purest gift. Any love between two grown-up, consenting adults — no matter gender, no matter race — is pure … I am gay and I stand up for my rights and that is why I made the video ‘Father.'”
You can follow him on Facebook and he also released the artwork on Instagram:
You can listen to Father for free on Spotify and find the lyrics here.
A few stills that raised the hackles of the faithful …
And the video that will raise applause from the rest of us …
Previously: Hot or Not? Gay Priest Porn
At least the kid was above the legal age of consent. The real-life pedophilia is far more blasphemous than anything in this video.
I personally really loved the video.
It is artistic. I loved the black and white theme.
People use the bible, the church, the word of God against homosexuals, but this is like taking the truth and spitting it back in their face.
There are so many closeted homosexuals preaching the word of God, but are secretly fucking guys on the DL. It’s like a split image, You see the priest at the church…giving a sermon and then you see him having sex.
It is blasphemous, it is in your face.
“spitting it back in their face”. Yea it takes real courage to do what he did in open, liberal, tolerant Norway. Why didn’t he go to Iran and spit in the face of the evil Mullahs? We both know that he did it in Norway because it is safe to do it there. Some show of courage.
Gentlemen..this is freedom of speech..have you forgotten the importance of supporting our gay brothers around the world?..I guess of it was porn you would be saying it’s a masterpiece and cumming in your pants!
See Colby Keller’s day-glo shitfest for why none of that is true. Crap is crap.
You can call it freedom of speech. It is in fact a man who escaped the primitive society he was born in and fleeing to the liberal tolerant Norway and insulting them. If he really wants to fight to end the oppression of LGBT people, he should return to his hate filled Iran and fight the good fight.
I liked it, i think it gets people talking. And it’s really sexy which is a plus. When they tell us our whole life is a sin and we deserve to die, they don’t think twice about being “Offensive”.
The point is that liberal tolerant Norway is NOT telling us “that our whole life is a sin and we deserve to die” so why abuse their hospitality? He should have gone to the Muslim country of his birth, Iran, which does tell us we deserve to die and shoot his film of protest and liberation there.
This is more than a bit much. On the whole, Norwegians are a fairly godless lot, but even people who have no great interest in religion would probably agree this is tasteless & insulting. Andrew is right–if Tooji wanted to make a religiously incendiary video, then perhaps he should have gone with a mullah in a mosque.
oooohhhhhhhh brother!
Tasteless and insulting? You’re funny. If Muslims had it there way you would be killed just for being Gay. There’s Muslim countries that actually will kill you for being Gay. They will execute you if they get wind that you’re a fudge packer. Still think the video is tasteless and insulting? Ha. I think Muslims are tasteless and insulting. Ever met one that wasn’t homophobic? Matter of fact most religions are tasteless and insulting. They’re mostly about judgement, hypocrisy, ridicule and shame. They don’t promote love and peace, but rather hate and war.
As opposed to what, all the Christians who are so open minded and welcoming? Bigots don’t suck because they’re Muslims – they suck because they’re awful people. Same way that Non-Muslim awful people suck. Like the way your nasty prejudice is showing.
Islam is stuck in the dark ages of the 8th century. European Christianity, Norway included, has shaken off much of the primitive beliefs of Christianity and Judaism. Thanks to the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Humanism, the Scientific Revolution etc. Europeans have largely defanged Christianity and Judaism. Most Muslims are today where Old Testament Jews and 12th century Catholics were. About the only place where you find primitive Christianity today is in Africa and the Southern and Border States of the USA.
I think Tooji is abusing the freedom he has found in Norway. People, even in the most liberal societies, have cultural and religious sensibilities that should be respected. If he wanted to make a really courageous statement about the oppression of LGBT people, he should have filmed his scene in a Mosque in Iran.
He couldn’t have done it in a mosque! That would involve brown people, and everyone knows brown people aren’t gay, sexy, or sexy to gays. /sarcasm
He should have filmed his scene in a Mosque in Iran??
OUTRAGEOUS! (said in my Judge Judy voice).
YES! “If he wanted to make a really courageous statement about the oppression of LGBT people…” It takes no courage to film that scene in liberal tolerant Norway. He should have gone to the bigoted nation of his birth to film a “daring” statement.
A priest and a Jesus-looking guy fuck in church.
There’s nothing blasphemous about that, right?