Lady Gaga has "created a new Jerusalem."

smash-blash.blogspot.com - Lady Gaga is stirring up controversy with the lyrics and video for her new song, "Judas." The tune features lyrics like: "I want to love you,/but something’s pulling me away from you/Jesus is my virtue, and Judas is the demon I cling to….I’m just a holy fool,/ oh baby he’s so cruel,/ but I’m still in love with Judas, baby.”

Fumes Bill Donahue, president of The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, in a statement: "This is a stunt... Lady Gaga tries to continue to shock Catholics and Christians in general: she dresses as a nun... she swallows the rosary. Gaga plays Mary Magdalene in the forthcoming video, which her creative director, Laurieann Gibson (who was behind the Grammy egg), told The Hollywood Reporter that "Judas" shouldn't be offensive. We've created a new Jerusalem.

"In the most Biblical sense / I am beyond repentance / Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind / But in the cultural sense / I just speak in future tense / Judas kiss me if offensed / Or wear ear condom next time..."

Lady Gaga’s “Judas” has arrived, spreading across the Web after the RedOne-produced track leaked on Friday ahead of its scheduled Tuesday release. Of course, before long, the second single from Gaga’s album “Born This Way” - due out May 23 - also became available on iTunes.

“’Judas’ is a straight-ahead dance pop number that plays to the singer's established strengths,” Rolling Stone says. Spin magazine critiques the track by saying that “True to form, Gaga delivers a rowdy, industrial-disco banger, and her performance is insanely over the top,” adding that “there's no denying the primal energy of ‘Judas.’” “Lovin GAGA's Judas ! Cher tweeted. “Loved It Then ! Love it Now !

In conclusion, she says Lady Gaga has "created a new Jerusalem."