re: What's up with Jesus kissing Mary?
Christian Fundamentalists, Catholic Hard-liners, Islamic Fanatics, Communists, Nazis, what one thing do they all have in common?
Distrust and fear of sex. Why? George Orwell answered the question right-on, someone who's just gotten laid can't get excited about anything. By denying the erotic, that energy can be channeled into activities that normally would never be considered, like flying airliners into office buildings or invading Poland.
Distrust the deliberately chaste, because they hate you.