Edge Boston
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.

I bet the pope is cringing 

It is only when the politicos see the massive number of potential voters that they find the means to "change their minds".

Cindi