{"id":30371,"date":"2014-04-18T21:53:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T01:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=30371"},"modified":"2014-04-18T21:55:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T01:55:33","slug":"man-dresses-as-jesus-on-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2014\/04\/man-dresses-as-jesus-on-good-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Dresses as Jesus<br> on Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30375 alignleft\" title=\"jesus actor3\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"179\" \/>Lehigh Acres Gazette learned Lathan Gareiss walked down Lee Boulevard dressed the part dragging a cross. &#8220;This is something that I was just moved to do&#8221; said Gareiss.<\/p>\n<p>He then hung from the cross for 3 hours at Lee and Homestead. Gareiss said, &#8220;Good Friday is the day that Jesus was crucified and Sunday, Easter Sunday, is the day that he rose from the dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gareiss said nearly a thousand people came out to show support. &#8220;I feel that we accomplished what we wanted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->But he tells The Lehigh Acres Gazette a small group of people disturbed by what he was re-enacting complained&#8230; and the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office made him come down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people thought that I was too graphical and gore, that it was inappropriate for public place, when this is nothing compared to what our savior went through for us&#8221; said Gareiss.<\/p>\n<p>Several people offered him to relocate to their property but he felt that wasn&#8217;t necessary.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30371 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor1.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor2.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor3.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jesus-actor4-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lehigh Acres Gazette learned Lathan Gareiss walked down Lee Boulevard dressed the part dragging a cross. &#8220;This is something that I was just moved to do&#8221; said Gareiss. 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