AMSTERDAM — A website operator in The Netherlands is helping thousands of Dutch Catholics research information on how that can leave the church in protest of its opposition to same-sex marriage.

In just a few days Tom Roes’ website — which gives Dutch Catholics the ability to download the documents necessary to leave the church — has seen its traffic explode.

LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron’s strong support for legalizing same-sex marriage has greatly improved his popularity with the U.K.'s LGBT voters since the last general election, according to a recent survey by PinkNews.co.uk.

In his annual Christmas address to Vatican officials -- one of his most high profile speeches of the year -- the Pope said that a person’s gender identity is God-given and unchangeable, and as a result, he sees same-sex marriage as a “manipulation of nature.”

“There is no denying the crisis that threatens it (the family) to its foundations — especially in the Western world,” the Pope said. “When such commitment is repudiated, the key figures of human existence likewise vanish: father, mother, child — essential elements of the experience of being human are lost.”

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Thugs attacked the launch of a magazine's gay issue in the Balkan city of Pristina, allegedly beating guests and throwing teargas.

The event on Friday (Dec. 14) to celebrate Kosovo 2.0 magazine's latest issue exploring sex and sexuality was targeted twice by a group of hooligans who eyewitnesses claim were Muslim.

"There were around 20 people, violent, some of them wearing hats on their heads," a lesbian guest told Aleanca LGBT and Pro LGBT groups.