What?!?

Someone please explain to me how a Jack o' Lantern in front of a church is sacrilegious?

Mom saw my sketch this weekend and insisted that it was sacrilegious... 'because it is'.

I don't get it. Weren't Jack o' Lanterns carved to ward away evil spirits? I tried to argue the point, but she wasn't having it!

Plus, this is the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans... how much creepier of a town can you get? She'd flip out if she saw the Vampire Tour people doing a portion of their tour on the church steps.

I don't see the harm in the JOL in front of the church. Geeezzzzz.