A work by Italian street artist and
activist Laika featuring a same-sex-parent Nativity Scene with
two Virgin Marys appeared on Sunday on the Rome headquarters of
the conservative Pro-Vita & Famiglia (Pro-Life and Family)
association.
The work, which has Jesus wrapped in a rainbow-flag blanket, was
on a poster than was pasted into the shutters of the offices of
the association, which campaigns against abortion and same-sex
parents.
Laika also put up a poster showing Saint Joseph working as a
carpenter on the 'coffin of the patriarchy'.
The street artist's provocative act comes after Pro-Vita &
Famiglia joined a wave of outrage from conservative quarters at
a Nativity Scene in a church in the southern town of
Capocastello di Mercogliano that also has Jesus with two
mothers.
The association said this was dangerous and blasphemous and
launched a petition calling on the bishop of Avellino to take
action.
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