Brazilian supreme court rules in support of Netflix film depicting Jesus as gay

Judge Antonio Diaz Toffoli overturned the earlier judgement by another Brazilian court asking the streaming giant to take the parody film, which portrays Jesus as gay, down.

The judge denied that the film was insulting to Christians and cannot weaken the faith of Christians.

The judge said: “One cannot suppose that a humorous satire has the ability to weaken the values of the Christian faith, whose existence is traced back more than two thousand years, and which is the belief of the majority of Brazilian citizens.”

Netflix has defended the show so far, saying after the ruling: “We strongly support artistic expression and we will fight to defend this important principle, which is the heart of great stories.”

The company that produced it, Porta Dos Fundos have been the victims of a gas attack on Christmas Eve and said it “opposed any act of censorship, violence, illegality, authoritarianism” and would continue to broadcast their work.