The Olympic Drag Queen Show Wasn’t Just Mockery, by Casey Chalk

By Casey Chalk, Crisis Magazine, July 29, 2024

Casey Chalk is the author of The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity (Emmaus Road Publishing), and The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands (Sophia Institute Press). He has an M.A. in Theology from Christendom College and a Masters in Teaching from the University of Virginia. …

The Olympic Drag Show was a validation of the beliefs of many wayward Christians who have long supported degenerate lifestyles.

Catholics are rightly incensed by the 26 July performance by a group of drag queens and dancers of an apparent “parody of the Last Supper” during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, which Bishop Robert Barron of Minnesota labeled a “gross mockery of the Last Supper.” The interpretation of the performance as a mockery of the Church’s most important rite was ubiquitous in responses to the event: Elon Musk called it “extremely disrespectful to Christians.” Clint Russel, host of the Liberty Lockdown podcast, declared: “There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate NOT WELCOME.”

Yet as much as drag artists reenacting Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” is offensive to Catholics who adhere to the Church’s teaching on sexuality, terming this a “mockery” to Christians the world over fails to fully interpret the meaning and significance of the event. …