http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/14/film.supermanchristfigur
e.ap/
http://tinyurl.com/fbdl5
"Some have also seen the hero as a gay icon, forced to live a double
life with his super-self in the closet. A recent edition of the gay
magazine "The Advocate" even asked on its cover, "How gay is Superman?"
But the comparison to Jesus is one that's been made almost since the
character's origin in 1938, said Skelton, author of "The Gospel
According to the World's Greatest Superhero."
Many simply see the story of a hero sent to Earth by his father to
serve mankind as having clear enough New Testament overtones. Others
have taken the comparison even further, reading the "El" in Superman's
original name "Kal-El" and that of his father "Jor-El" as the Hebrew
word for "God," among other theological interpretations."
(sorry, tough father's day)
El-El
