I wonder what would happen if someone made a bomb threat in the vatican versus the madonna show...it's an apt analogy...lots of guys in drag in there who are icons of homosexual men everywhere...even a statue or two of [the] madonna herself...Like a virgin playing on the vatican sound system...I think it can work! Maybe a light sentence will be handed out for that!

No surprise here; lying to serve the Lawd is a time-honored tradition in christinsanity. Wouldn't be surprised, either, if the priest resorts to another tradition among believers -- claiming he was persecuted because of his religion (even though the actual persecution he'll get will likely result in no more than a light tap on the wrist).

As a Dutchman, I am deeply embarassed. I have this feeling we have a sort of reputation to uphold as a nation of tolerant people. Nice going, Rob. What was the ninth commandment again?

Meanwhile, the concert itself was a success... tens of thousands cheered her and shouted along with her, while outside literally a handful of people was protesting and praying for Madonna.

Personally, I found the idea of her cross act tasteless, and typical of a woman whom I consider not an icon of free thought and creativity, but of shameless exposure and an almost pathetic lack of true spirituality (I mean, please. Qabalah? That´s fucking desperate. She´s got two kids. If that does not give you spiritual fulfillment, you are not doing something right.).

But these whining pricks - they even asked the minister to forbid it! As if they have the copyright!
When our PM gave George Bush a blowjob under the table when he was invited to the White House breakfast for faithfully obeying Curious George when he asked the European nations to support his invasion in Iraq, not a peep from these religious assholes. But a SINGER sings a SONG ("Live to tell", which has nothing to do with anything except a girl finding out that men are jackoffs) on a cross, and they are up in arms. Fucking maggots.

That example of insanity really just shows the powerful effect religious indoctrination has on the human mind.