GAY NATIVITY SCENE SHOCKS ITALY
Italian law-makers have expressed outrage over the addition of two dolls representing a gay couple into a nativity scene in Parliament. The dolls were placed among the shepherds and held a sign promoting gay rights.
The female dolls were added by Bruno Mellano and Donatella Porretti, members of the left-wing Radical Party, in order to show support for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Italy.
The parliamentarians were quoted by Italian media as saying that they also wanted to reflect the fact that gay people were around in the time of Jesus.
The dolls were removed after a few minutes, but the protest nevertheless led to a strong reaction from more conservative politicians, who called for the two members of Parliament to be censured.
Right-wing parties criticised the nativity display as “vulgar and unacceptable” and a “pure attack against the religion practiced by the majority of Italians”.
The Vatican also slammed the protest as “a useless provocation against the nativity of the Chamber of Deputies that hurts us as Christians and as citizens of this country.”
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi came into power in April with a campaign promise to give same-sex couples marriage rights. He is under increasing pressure to make good on the promise.
What stupidity. If these two idiots could prove that there was indeed a lesbian couple that visited the birth then this would be contraversial but ok.
However, unjustified antagonism does no good for the promotion of homosexual rights. True, it’s great for publicity but does nothing good in the long term. It is purely juvinile bitterness, that’s all.
GROW UP.
Well, why not?. Actually, as one who usually agrees with your thinking about antagonistic provocation, this time round, I actually was provoked to thought by the article!
The article doesn’t suggest there were two lesbians that visited the nativity, but as I interpret the passage, they merely wanted to show that gay people were around at the TIME of Jesus’ birth.
I suppose a similar outrage would have existed if there was a little prostitute doll in the background – interestingly God used a prostitute to help the Israelites briong down the city of Jericho.
This business of being politically correct has pros and cons of course, but just as Jesus reminded mankind He came as a saviour for all – especially sinners – I can’t help wondering what He would have thought of the gay representation in a nativity scene.
Sorry if I sound to be Bible bashing, (not the intention) but I think that at times a confrontational “in-your-face” approach does sometimes work wonders if the end justifies the means.. or what say you?