Christian campaign group slam a gay tree ornament showing a nativity scene with two JOSEPHS

A gay Christmas decoration showing a nativity scene with two Josephs has been slammed by outraged Christians.

The colourful hanging tree ornaments – on sale for £13 – also have a lesbian version with two Virgin Marys sitting beside a baby Jesus Christ, who is lying in a manger.

Campaign group Christian Concern has branded the decorations created by a California-based designer a ‘blasphemous attempt to rewrite the Christmas story’.

This gay Christmas decoration showing a nativity scene with two Josephs has been slammed

Chief executive Andrea Williams said: ‘These decorations are a desperate and ridiculous attempt to pretend that homosexual relationships are pure and holy.

‘They blasphemously portray the Lord Jesus being parented by a homosexual couple. What depths will the LGBT lobby stoop to in order to try and normalise their behaviour?’

Ms Williams added: ‘God’s design is for children to grow up with a male and a female parent. The Lord Jesus was parented in this way, and this is what is best for children.

‘The LGBT lobby is not interested in the welfare of children but only in pursuing its own selfish agenda. Trying to rewrite the Christmas story is their latest self-deception.’

Artist Mark Thaler, from California, designed the decorations for his company Pride and More – and they are available to buy in the UK on Zazzle.co.uk. A gay couple has sparked outrage for displaying a 'homosexual nativity scene' in their Colombian home.

Andrés Vásquez and Felipe Cárdenas have come under fire for their all-male manger - where the baby Jesus has two father Josephs and the Virgin Mary is nowhere to be seen.

The country's Catholic Church has labelled the display, in the northern city of Cartagena, as 'sacrilege'. And thousands of Colombians have taken to social networking sites to slam the pair, with many saying they show 'a lack of respect to God and all Christians'. A Facebook user added: 'As much as I support gay rights, this is just stupid on so many levels. If you are a Catholic you have to accept Jesus' parents were Mary and Joseph.'

Political analyst Vásquez and entrepreneur Felipe have been together for four years and were united by a civil union, the closest thing to marriage for homosexuals in Colombia, three months ago.

The gay rights activists told the Diario Veloz website that they set up the scene, a picture of which was then posted on Facebook, in the hope that it would help in bringing about reform in the country's gay marriage laws.


A bill to legalise gay marriage is currently being looked at by the country's politicians and has passed the first of four debates. But it has been dubbed as 'unconstitutional' by the nation's conservative lawmakers.

Vásquez told the website: 'We did it because we believe in Colombia. We have lived in different cities in the world and we prefer to return to our country.

'We are beginning to build [a better country] through our new union.'

Earlier this week, the Government announced plans to introduce gay marriage in England and Wales in 2015.

But the move has divided the Conservative party and attracted criticism from the Church of England despite assurances that the police has measures to protect religious freedom.

There is a lesbian version available with two Virgin Marys sitting beside a baby Jesus Christ

Defending the gay and lesbian ornaments, Mr Thaler said: ‘Not everyone’s viewpoints are the same. People need to coexist and not judge one another.

‘It’s just an image. They need to focus on themselves and not worry about what everyone else is doing.’


Mr Thaler is now considering removing the decorations from sale ‘out of respect for his fellow humans’.