Hot topic pa rin sa loob at labas ng social media ang kontrobersiya na kinasangkutan ng drag artist na si Pura Luka Vega.
Si Pura Luka, Amadeus Fernando Pagente sa tunay na buhay, ay umani ng batikos matapos mag-viral ang kanyang "Ama Namin" perfomance.
Sa video na kumalat online ay makikita si Pura sa kanyang signature look na kawangis ang Hesus Nazareno habang maririnig sa background ang rock remixed version ng "Ama Namin."
Marami ang bumatikos sa performance, at ang sentimiyento ng mga Katoliko ay pangungutya ito sa Kristiyanismo.
Nakisakay rin ang mga pulitiko sa isyu, at nagdeklara ang iba na persona non grata si Pura.
Ang mga lugar na ito ay Maynila, Bukidnon, General Santos City sa South Cotabato, Floridablanca sa Pampanga, at Toboso sa Negros Occidental.
Sa kanyang post sa X (dating Twitter), umalma si Pura sa naging hatol sa kanya ng mga namamahala ng mga lungsod na nabanggit.
“Tell me exactly what I did wrong,” tanong ni Pura.
“I’m open for a dialogue and yet cities have been declaring persona non grata without even knowing me or understanding the intent of the performance."
Dagdag ni Pura, "“Drag is art. You judge me yet you don’t even know me."
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KUYA KIM REACTS
Samantala, sa online post ng pahayagang Philippine Daily Inquirer kung saan ay ibinahagi nito ang mensahe ni Pura ay nag-iwan ng komento ang TV host na si Kim Atienza.
Sabi ni Kim, “Hi Luka. We haven’t met yet but I wish you well. I sincerely hope you develop the empathy to know how deeply offensive your ‘art’ is to majority of Filipinos.
"This has nothing to do with drag or gender but how you disrespected Jesus and His prayer we so revere."
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Ibinahagi ni Kim ang screenshot ng kanyang komento sa personal Facebook account niya at nilagyan ito ng caption na: "As Christians, we are to hate the sin but love the sinner. We are all sinners and fall short of His glory."
"Was it offensive because I am a queer?"
Sa kanyang naunang paliwanag ay ipinagtanggol ni Pura ang performance, at sinabing hindi niya intensiyon na bastusin ang Simbahang Katoliko at Kristiyanismo.
"In my mind, queerness has always been there naman, I feel like it's my way of actually praising God," giit ni Pura.
"If you would ask naman me what my religion is, it's really Roman Catholic – not a devout one – but I respect and I know how it is.
"Then again, I also did that intentionally to challenge our notions of how we worship or how we sing our praise."
Pagpapatuloy niya, "Was it offensive because I am a queer individual or was it of other factors?"
"I just want to create a narrative that despite all of these, Jesus, as the embodiment of God's love for all, does not forget about the oppressed, including the LGBTQIA+ community."