Italian Arrested For Blasphemy

[forrest]

"An Italian comedienne who said that Pope Benedict XVI would go to Hell and be tormented by homosexual demons is facing a prison term of up to five years... The Rome prosecutor, is invoking the 1929 Lateran Treaty between Italy and the Vatican, which stipulates that an insult to the Pope carries the same penalty as an insult to the Italian President."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4732048.ece

[forrest]

Italian fascist leader and dictator.
HistoryMole Timeline: Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) (http://www.historymole.com/cgi-bin/main/results.pl?theme=10025525)

[Crochety Carpenter]

Thank God for seperation of church and state and a country that does not elevate its leaders above their station...at least so far:ufo:...