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Title: Amsterdam's gay Christmas features Mary in drag
Post by: Natasha on December 23, 2008, 12:22:50 AM
Post by: Natasha on December 23, 2008, 12:22:50 AM
Amsterdam's gay Christmas features Mary in drag
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iva43d-lfl63sidX_vszLh2AzBtgD9577CN80 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iva43d-lfl63sidX_vszLh2AzBtgD9577CN80)
12/21/08
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Amsterdam hosted a Christmas celebration for its gay community on Sunday featuring a nativity tableau with a male Mary in drag that church organizations denounced as an affront to traditional values.
Organizers said the event was meant to raise msterdam's profile as a gay capital at a time when homosexuals feel threatened.
Christians for Truth, an independent religious group, had asked the city council to cancel the "Pink Christmas," event, saying it made a mockery of Christian tenets. The city did not comment.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iva43d-lfl63sidX_vszLh2AzBtgD9577CN80 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iva43d-lfl63sidX_vszLh2AzBtgD9577CN80)
12/21/08
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Amsterdam hosted a Christmas celebration for its gay community on Sunday featuring a nativity tableau with a male Mary in drag that church organizations denounced as an affront to traditional values.
Organizers said the event was meant to raise msterdam's profile as a gay capital at a time when homosexuals feel threatened.
Christians for Truth, an independent religious group, had asked the city council to cancel the "Pink Christmas," event, saying it made a mockery of Christian tenets. The city did not comment.