Calendar 'belles' recall controversy

From The "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department. Michigan-

They were blasted publicly for being lewd, immoral and reckless, and on Sunday morning their church gave them a standing ovation.

In late 2004, women from the St. Mary's Circle at St. Thomas Episcopal Church decided a calendar was the best way to raise money after the church was damaged by lightning.

But there was a twist. The women, ages 56 to 82, would pose nude for the monthly calendar shots.

Their inspiration was a group of British women whose story became the movie "Calendar Girls." And although the photographs were strategically staged so as not to reveal too much, the Belles of St. Mary's, as they were called, created a local firestorm.

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