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A Roman Catholic church in Italy has stoked outrage for displaying a Nativity scene that replaced Joseph with a second woman decked out in rainbow garb.

ON December 18, the Catholic Church's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) issued a 5,000-word Declaration entitled 'Fiducia Supplicans' (Supplicating Trust) in five languages — Italian, French, English, Spanish and German — on the subject of 'blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples.' It allows Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples and other non-married couples without changing the Church teaching on marriage.

BANGKOK: Thai lawmakers on Thursday gave initial approval to legalizing same-sex unions, moving the Southeast Asian kingdom a step closer to achieving marriage equality.

IN 1990, I started the first gay column in Catholic and conservative Philippines for a popular newspaper in Manila. I brought the column with me, under a different title, when I was hired as an editor for another newspaper four years later. The same column was part of my deal with the old Manila Times newspaper, which hired me as senior editor of its Sunday Times Magazine in 1996.

BANGKOK -- The Thai parliament is set to discuss bills on marriage equality that would make Thailand the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize sa