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I\u2019m no pietist, as many readers will know.\u00a0 In fact, my local newspaper once ran a story about me being installed as a pastor at Colonial Church<\/a> titled, \u201cThe Irreverent Reverend.\u201d\u00a0 However, some things cross the line even for me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been avoiding shopping at Target to stand in solidarity with Lady Gaga.\u00a0 No, actually, I was avoiding Target before Gaga, but for the same reasons<\/a>.\u00a0 Well, now I have another reason to avoid Target, because last night, in a moment of weakness, I stopped by for some various and sundries.\u00a0 My second mistake was walking through the Easter section (my Beloved was jonesing for a Cadbury Egg).\u00a0 And there I saw this:<\/p>\n

I get kitchy Jesus.\u00a0 I get the Buddy Christ<\/a>.\u00a0 That\u2019s because I get irony.\u00a0 But I\u2019m pretty sure that neither Russell Stover nor Target get irony.\u00a0 I\u2019m pretty sure that they\u2019re selling a chocolate cross without any sense of irony.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"