sacrilege

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He’s furious that Meryl Streep is being considered as the voice of Aslan from “The Chronicles of Narnia,” because it’s supposedly sacrilege for a woman to play a male talking lion.

From Salon

He had pleaded guilty to the 2024 arson attack which the church described as "an act of desecration and sacrilege".

From BBC

Sir Gavin branded name change a "woke moment" in what he called the "pathetic" Ministry of Defence, while Shapps decried the decision as "sacrilege" and evidence of "Labour's woke nonsense".

From BBC

A flamboyant clergyman with a flair for vaping, Tedesco promises to cease “the sacrilege of relativism, placing all faiths as equal.”

From Salon

But there has been fierce resistance along the way, particularly from some fellow surfers who think the whole idea of turning an intimate, almost zen-like communion with nature into a competition is sacrilege.

From Los Angeles Times