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01-13-2017, 06:07 AM
George Michael gets the 'rainbow priest' memorial mural he deserves
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George Michael was a saint. Don't let anyone tell you differently.*
Although the press hounded him for his supposed controversies, the man was a shining beacon of hope, light and leather.*
So it's fitting then that the late, great singer and gay icon has been ho**ured with a memorial mural in Sydney, Australia, casting him as pseudo a religious icon.
SEE ALSO: George Michael helped a generation realise it was okay to be gay (http://mashable.com/2016/12/25/george-michael-gay-icon/)
The portrait, painted by acclaimed local graffiti artist Scott Marsh, shows Michael as a "Patron Saint of Parks at Night" — a tongue-in-cheek tribute to his healthy ***ual appetite and proclivity to "go outside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZAYdHcDtU)." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/george-michael-saint-mural/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Graffiti (http://mashable.com/category/graffiti/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Priest (http://mashable.com/category/priest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Saint (http://mashable.com/category/saint/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Scott Marsh (http://mashable.com/category/scott-marsh/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Mural (http://mashable.com/category/mural/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/eZ0ecM8RNHw
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George Michael was a saint. Don't let anyone tell you differently.*
Although the press hounded him for his supposed controversies, the man was a shining beacon of hope, light and leather.*
So it's fitting then that the late, great singer and gay icon has been ho**ured with a memorial mural in Sydney, Australia, casting him as pseudo a religious icon.
SEE ALSO: George Michael helped a generation realise it was okay to be gay (http://mashable.com/2016/12/25/george-michael-gay-icon/)
The portrait, painted by acclaimed local graffiti artist Scott Marsh, shows Michael as a "Patron Saint of Parks at Night" — a tongue-in-cheek tribute to his healthy ***ual appetite and proclivity to "go outside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZAYdHcDtU)." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/george-michael-saint-mural/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Graffiti (http://mashable.com/category/graffiti/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Priest (http://mashable.com/category/priest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Saint (http://mashable.com/category/saint/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Scott Marsh (http://mashable.com/category/scott-marsh/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Mural (http://mashable.com/category/mural/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/eZ0ecM8RNHw