eBay Removes Glenn Becks Urine-Soaked Obama Bobblehead

In a bizarre publicity stunt turned online censorship debate, eBay on Wednesday morning took down conservative commentator Glenn Beck's auction of a Barack Obama bobblehead doused in beer serving as a stand-in for Beck's own urine.

Beck first revealed the art as part of a segment on his show for TheBlaze TV, his personal Internet television network, on Tuesday evening. The segment was a reaction to a Boston artist who painted Obama being crucified, which Beck interpreted to imply a comparison to Jesus Christ.

Beck, in turn, created the "Obama in Pee Pee," a reference to the famous and controversial "Piss Christ," in which a photographer captured an image of Christ submerged in the…
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