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12-20-2006, 10:14 AM
Furor in Italy over "gay nativity" in parliament | International News | Reuters.com (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-12-20T163841Z_01_L20602735_RTRUKOC_0_US-POPE-NATIVITY.xml&src=rss&rpc=22)
By Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Two leftists in Italy's ruling coalition on Wednesday outraged fellow lawmakers by placing four dolls representing homosexual couples near the baby Jesus in the official nativity scene in parliament.
The two parliamentarians from the small "Rose in the Fist" party said their gesture was to promote the legalization of gay marriage and granting legal recognition to unmarried couples.
By Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Two leftists in Italy's ruling coalition on Wednesday outraged fellow lawmakers by placing four dolls representing homosexual couples near the baby Jesus in the official nativity scene in parliament.
The two parliamentarians from the small "Rose in the Fist" party said their gesture was to promote the legalization of gay marriage and granting legal recognition to unmarried couples.