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Councillors in Glasgow have lifted an unofficial 30-year-old ban on the Monty Python film The Life of Brian.
The council's licensing and regulatory committee approved a request on Tuesday from Glasgow Film Theatre to show the biblical satire under a 15 certificate.
Glasgow was one of 39 local authorities in the UK that refused to grant the film a general release in 1979.
Opponents said the film, about a Jewish man who is mistaken for the Messiah and crucified, was blasphemous.
Councillor Willie O'Rourke, vice convener of the licensing and regulatory committee, said: "This is the first application we've received to show Monty Python's Life of Brian since the first request.
Only 30 years too slow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/gla ... 126490.stm