Much Ado About Da Vinci (News: Manila vows to padlock theaters showing ‘Da Vinci Code’)

From the Inquirer:

THE Manila government on Monday threatened to padlock movie houses that continue to show the controversial “The Da Vinci Code” movie.

As of Monday afternoon, some theaters in the city were still featuring the film, three days the Manila city council banned its showing in the Philippine capital.

A council resolution which took effect Friday said the movie, based on US author Dan Brown’s explosive novel, is “undoubtedly offensive and contrary to established religious beliefs which cannot take precedence over the right of the persons involved in the film to freedom of expression.”

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