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He painted Eve as God created her: nude.
And when he finished including the bare-bosomed Biblical first woman, he inscribed the word "love" on the mural that covers the outside wall of his Roseville art studio.
In Ed (Gonzo) Stross' eyes, his variation on Michelangelo's "Creation of Man" mural is art.
In 39A District Judge Marco Santia's eyes, it's a crime.
Santia ordered jail time, a fine and probation -- a sentence that sounds a little harsh to a state senator, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and fellow artists.
He painted Eve as God created her: nude.
And when he finished including the bare-bosomed Biblical first woman, he inscribed the word "love" on the mural that covers the outside wall of his Roseville art studio.
In Ed (Gonzo) Stross' eyes, his variation on Michelangelo's "Creation of Man" mural is art.
In 39A District Judge Marco Santia's eyes, it's a crime.
Santia ordered jail time, a fine and probation -- a sentence that sounds a little harsh to a state senator, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and fellow artists.
