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You can buy t-shirts with this and similar designs here.
The lyrics in full:
Jesus was a Jew till the day he died
And his followers too for many years beside
Till going to Damascus Saint Paul decides
That the gentiles ought to come along for the ride
Jesus was a gay black hippie Jew
And if you hate that then I guess he will forgive you
Jesus was a gay black hippie Jew
Some say he was a secret Buddhist too
With his sandals and his beard and his messy hair
He'd be shunned by rednecks everywhere
And he'd turn the other cheek if you hit him there
Yet a pacifist Christian is pretty rare
The folks in the region of Palestine
Were mostly fairly dark-skinned in Bible times
Yet he's straight-haired and blue-eyed in our painters' minds
Making god in our own image is a telling sign
Christ always preferred the company of men
And he never was ashamed of his love for them
There are some who think Saint John was his 'special friend'
But many more the idea would just offend...
There is a bit more on this - historical background and argumentation - at Everything2, where I first posted the lyrics.
I'm not Christian so by no means offended. However, I do possess a fair amount of scholarly knowledge about the Bible. Going through your description in comments, I just wanted to clarify a few things. The ancient Israelites were not black. They were darker skinned in the sense that they were Middle Eastern, not black like Africans. Also it is actually rather accepted that Jesus may have had a wife. While there is nothing in the Canonical Bible that says he took a wife, there is also nothing that says he didn't. With the Gospel of Mary and few other non-canon sources it is believed Mary Magdalene may have indeed been his wife. After all, she did travel everywhere where Jesus went and was the first to visit him when he rose.
That being said, the Hippie bit is spot on lol. I mean the dude literally preached love not war. Kindness and acceptance over violence and hate. I'm also sure many christians would be shocked to learn that Jesus most likely greeted his followers by kissing them on the lips, as was the customary during those times. Cool shirt though, would love see a flash mob of those at a protest or even Easter ceremony.