Senator JV Ejercito slammed the viral video of drag queen Pura Luka Vega singing along to a remix of “Ama Namin,” otherwise known as The Lord’s Prayer. | charieabarcaINQ
Another surfer — @gg41treasures — pointed out that “Prayer is not entertainment. The mass is not a costume party. The church is not a club.
”— Gigi Guerrero Quoting Vega’s tweet, social media user, @heymrstan, said the controversy that the footage brought proved that “Vega’s art is effective,” adding that it is “an art that sparks conversations, an art that is not afraid, an art that makes [people] think and reflect what [they] believe in.”An art that sparks conversations, an art that is not afraid, an art that makes us think and reflect what we believe in ourselves.
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