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ASA Adjudication on Antonio Federici
Antonio Federici
Apartment 1.16
199 The Knightsbridge
London
SW7 1RH
Date:
15 September 2010
Media:
Magazine
Sector:
Food and drink
Number of complaints:
10
Complaint Ref:
127867
Ad
A magazine ad for Antonio Federici ice cream showed a heavily pregnant woman dressed as a nun standing in a church holding a tub of ice cream in one hand and a spoon in the other. Text stated "Immaculately Conceived ... ICE CREAM IS OUR RELIGION".
Issue
Ten readers challenged whether the ad was offensive to Christians, particularly to those who practised Catholicism.
CAP Code (Edition 11)
5.1
Response
Antonio Federici said the idea of "conception" represented the development of their ice cream. They said their decision to use religious imagery stemmed from their strong feelings towards their product (they cited the text "ICE CREAM IS OUR RELIGION") and also from their wish to comment on and question, using satire and gentle humour, the relevance and hypocrisy of religion and the attitudes of the church to social issues. They believed the small number of complaints the ASA had received represented a very small proportion of the readership of the publications. They did not believe offence had been so deeply felt as to affect their right, as marketers, to free expression and that offence caused to a small minority should not affect the ability of the wider public to see their ad. They believed that, as a form of art and self-expression, advertising should be challenging and often iconoclastic.
The publishers of The Lady magazine had received eight complaints made direct to them. They said that, in hindsight, it had been a misjudgement on their part to publish the ad. They regretted the offence that had been caused to their readers and said they would not publish the ad or anything similar to it in future.
Grazia said they considered the statement "ICE CREAM IS OUR RELIGION" suggested that the ad was intended to be lighthearted and not mocking of any religious groups. They said the editorial content of Grazia encouraged debate and questioning. As such, they believed the ad was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence to their readers.
Assessment
Upheld
The ASA noted that the CAP Code stated that ads "should contain nothing that is likely to cause serious or widespread offence. Particular care should be taken to avoid causing offence on the grounds of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or disability. Compliance with the Code will be judged on the context, medium, audience, product and prevailing standards of decency". We considered the use of a nun pregnant through immaculate conception was likely to be seen as a distortion and mockery of the beliefs of Roman Catholics. We concluded that to use such an image in a light hearted way to advertise ice cream was likely to cause serious offence to readers, particularly those who practised the Roman Catholic faith.
We noted that the number of complaints was relatively small but that the ad had been placed in a small number of publications only.
The ad breached CAP Code clause 5.1 (Decency).
Action
The ad must not appear again in its current form.
Adjudication of the ASA Council (Non-broadcast)
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