Yes, it’s finally here — a new feature I’ve been contemplating for some time, because every week I see so many examples. The Bubblegum Crucifix Award will appear weekly (more or less), and will highlight the tackiest, dumbest, most idiotic, most hateful, most bizarre thing said or done to promote religion in the public forum since the last one appeared.

For this inaugural edition, a potential candidate was a sign spotted on a church in Providence, Rhode Island: “Duct Tape may patch up a lot of things, but three nails fixed everything.” This seemed like a good contender because it illustrates the delusion that Christianity has solved all the world’s problems (in fact, it’s actually created more than its share) and also the morbid obsession, typical among so many Christians, with the gruesome murder of Jesus as opposed to focusing on his message of hope and triumph.

But ultimately, this candidate was rejected because, while it does reflect a widespread mindset, the perpetrator was a local individual or body with no national reach.

So instead, we’ll offer this from Joshua Haymes, co-founder of the Christian Nationalist Forge Press as (drumroll) the first Bubblegum Crucifix Award:

Obergefell will be overturned. Gay mirage [sic] will be no more. Christians must relentlessly & unapologetically pursue this if we claim to love our neighbors.