London, December 16 (ANI): A gay couple has sparked outrage for displaying a 'homosexual nativity scene' outside their Colombian home.
Andres Vasquez and Felipe Cardenas decorated their Bogota home with a nativity scene featuring two Josephs but no Virgin Mary surrounding the baby Jesus, the Daily Mail reported.
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".
Political analyst Vasquez 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.
Vasquez 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," he added. (ANI)
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