Controversy is really nothing new to Kevin Smith.

The popular writer/director made headlines back in 1994 when his debut offering, "Clerks," was given the MPAA's scarlet letter NC-17 rating based solely on language. With the help of O.J. Simpson defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Smith was able to successfully appeal the rating without making content cuts.

Five years and two films later, Smith is in the frying pan again -- this time under the label of blasphemy for "Dogma," his controversial tale…

It's a sin about "Dogma." You can't talk about the latest comic provocation from New Jersey's own Kevin Smith ("Clerks," "Mallrats," "Chasing Amy") without dragging in the baggage of controversy. "Dogma" has been lambasted as an assault on Christianity, sold off by the Disney-owned Miramax out of fear of attacks on the Mouse and labeled "polluted" by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property. Smith, a practicing Catholic, says he's only pulling the church's pigtails…