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By Greg Disney-Britton
This coming week, the United States Supreme Court takes up the constitutional question of marriage equality, a priority topic for young Americans across the religious spectrum. At the same time, Los Angeles based painter and sculptor Jim Shaw is exhibiting his exploration of a mythical wedding between DC superhero the Flash and the Land O’Lakes butter princess. Shaw draws much of his inspiration from made-in-America religions like Mormons (1830); Seventh-day Adventists (1840's); Jehovah Witnesses (1870); The Church of Christ, Scientist (1879), and he even created his own religion called "Oism" (No converts yet). With our eyes focused this week on marriage, Shaw's humorous "The Wedding of the Ear" at Metro Pictures in NYC is my NEWS OF WEEK.

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