Posted on 12/08/2008 11:31:02 AM PST by presidio9
A Dutch gay group said Monday it has planned a "Pink Christmas" festival for the first time in Amsterdam, featuring a manger stall with two Josephs and two Marys.
Other attractions in the 10-day festival include parties, an open-air market, gay-themed films, an ice skating rink and religious services on Dec. 25.
ProGay group chairman Frank van Dalen said Monday the event is intended to increase the choices for homosexual men and women during the Christmas holiday week.
"Right now, there's not much to do," he said.
The festival will also encourage people to think about homosexuality and religion, Van Dalen added.
Some Christian groups protested. The organization Christians for Truth said the idea "mocks the core concepts of Evangelism."
"By putting Joseph and Mary down as homosexuals, a cracked human fantasy is being tacked on to history from the Bible," the organization said in a statement urging the city and organizers to cancel the event.
The manger, with actors playing the parts of Joseph and Mary, goes on display Dec. 21.
Van Dalen said it was not intended to be offensive, but was meant as a "wink" at heterosexual assumptions.
"Christmas is about more than religion, it's also about love and families, not to mention shopping," he said.
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“”Christmas is about more than religion, it’s also about love and families, not to mention shopping,” he said.”
Not to mention offending Christians.
How much longer, oh Lord?
The lunatics have really taken over the asylum. The West is doomed!
Only proves they have more than one problem.
Yes, especially if the pictures get out on the web.
Try making a homosexual joke there, as "a 'wink' at homosexual assumptions" and see how fast you get put in jail for a "hate crime".
I think they forgot Satan.
God shall not be mocked!
“A study last month found that homophobia is an ingrained problem in the city despite the Dutch reputation for tolerance, and physical attacks on gay men are a weekly affair.”
Don’t they also have a large Muslim populace in the Netherlands. Uh, let’s see, gays and the ROP together....could that be why there are attacks on gays weekly???
ping
I believe some of these fags have taken the line “Don we now our gay apparel” a bit too literally.
And am I the only human outraged that they have hijacked some of our words. Words like “gay.” And now they’re trying to hijack one of our Christian holidays. It’s gotta stop.
There’s nothing gay about dying at an average age of 43 from an HIV ravaged immune system because these folks do some really stupid and disgusting things to one another.
Homosexuals to people the world, eh?
“Attacks on Gay men”? Are they sure it’s not just regular guys trying to fend them off? I’ve had a few run ins. Drunk old queens don’t take no for an answer.
So if the ROP decides they should exact devine retribution against these “activists” in the form of decapitations, it seems to me the more tolerant decision would be to tolerate murders. I mean, anybody can demonstrate tolerance for one´s “sexual preference,” but it takes another level of toleration to tolerate the taking of another´s life.
". . . think about homosexuality and religion . . . ."
Think about homosexuality and Islam.
I’ll be impressed when they hold a Gay Ramadan. Let the beheadings begin!
This is the way it works in the low countries: Spread lies about Christianity, and Christians are intolerant if the get offended. Tell the truth about the Religion of Peace, and it's your own fault if the terrorists Islamic Community starts burning down churches and shooting nuns in the back.
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