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Brazil judge yanks Netflix comedy featuring gay Christ

Video grab released by Netflix Brazil showing a scene from "Porta dos Fundos's Christmas Special: Christ's First Temptation"

A judge in Brazil issued a temporary injunction Wednesday forcing Netflix to withdraw a comedy that depicts Jesus Christ in a homosexual relationship.

The film entitled "The First Temptation of Christ", by the Brazilian production company Porta dos Fundos, came out on December 3 and drew strong criticism from conservative politicians in the mainly Catholic country, the church itself and from evangelicals.

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