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Title: Gay Pride attracts tens of thousands in Rome
Post by: LostInTime on June 18, 2007, 07:16:40 AM
Edge Boston (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=21180)
by Katia Dolmadjian
Monday Jun 18, 2007

Tens of thousands Saturday staged the Gay Pride parade in Rome, urging the Italian government to fast-track plans to grant homosexual couples legal status and override Vatican objections.

The raucous and colourful crowd, which included transvestites and lawmakers, marched under a baking sun from Rome's Saint Paul's Gate to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, the official ecclesiastical seat of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, where anti-gay protestors had staged a giant rally last month.
Title: Re: Gay Pride attracts tens of thousands in Rome
Post by: Lori on June 18, 2007, 01:37:17 PM
I bet the pope is cringing  :laugh:
Title: Re: Gay Pride attracts tens of thousands in Rome
Post by: cindianna_jones on June 18, 2007, 01:50:01 PM
It is only when the politicos see the massive number of potential voters that they find the means to "change their minds".

Cindi