Italian Denied EU Post After Gay Remark
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Italy's nominee to become the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs commissioner failed on Monday to win the backing of the European Parliament's Justice Committee, days after testifying that he considers homosexuality a sin.
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Italy's prime minister blames "leftist propaganda" after MEPs reject his nominee for EU justice commissioner.
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EU Commissioner-designate Peter Mandelson chides his Italian colleague over his remarks on  homosexuality.
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Il presidente designato della Commissione europea JosÃ¨ Manuel Barroso ha proposto che un gruppo di quattro commissari, da lui presieduto, convalidi le iniziative sulla discriminazione, diritti e libertÃ . Del gruppo non farebbe parte Rocco Buttiglione.
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A controversial Italian politician, whose nomination to a European Union post threatened to halt other EU nominations, withdrew Saturday from consideration.
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The European Union's new justice chief, Rocco Buttiglione, has come under fire from MEPs challenging his disapproval of homosexuality and his support for setting up migrant gateways outside the bloc.
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Barroso non cambierÃ  il portafoglio di Rocco Buttiglione che ha accettato di &quot;condividere&quot; le competenze attinenti alla discriminazione sessuale, ai diritti e alle libertÃ  con un gruppo di commissari presieduto dallo stesso presidente dell&#39;esecutivo e
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ROME (Der Spiegel) - Echoes of an old culture war have been rippling through Europe, as a bishop in Germany calls for Catholics to keep their kids away from a sex-education musical and the Vatican condemns a new gay-rights campaign in Italy. A children's musical about sex and babies, organized by the German government, has been touring the country since 2003 without noticeable friction. But now it's arrived in the city of Fulda, near Frankfurt, and the local bishop has called for a boycott. The Fairytale of Nose, Belly and Butt should be avoided by right-thinking Catholic families, according to Heinz Josef Algermissen, because in the Church's view, "explanations about sexuality belong in the home," and "can't be left to a theater troupe." The show's Web site begs to differ, saying the theory behind the project is that humans are "sexual beings from birth onward," and that children experience "smooching and touching genitals as no less fun or significant than tickling their big toe." Uproar in Italy, too This notion of human sexuality is no doubt as offensive to the Church as the idea that humans might be wired from birth to be straight or gay - which is the assumption behind an Italian ad campaign protested recently by the Vatican. The regional government of Tuscany has planned to use a photo of a newborn child wearing a hospital bracelet with the word "homosexual" as part of a publicity push to combat homophobia. "Sexual orientation," reads the tag line, which will appear on billboards throughout Tuscany, "is not a choice."  Italy's political right, along with some Catholic groups, want the campaign to be withdrawn. The Church's declared position is that homosexuality is a psychological disorder, not exactly a sin - although indulging in gay sex is a sin.
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STRASBOURG A backlash against an Italian commissioner with conservative social views steered the European Union into crisis Wednesday when JosÃ© Manuel Barroso was forced to delay the vote on the new European Commission.
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Franco Frattini, Italy's foreign minister, is to become EU justice and security commissioner, replacing his compatriot Rocco Buttiglione, rejected by the European parliament for his ultra-conservative views on ...
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Crisis is looming over the EU's new executive after a key European Parliament committee rejected Italian Rocco Buttiglione as justice and security chief because of his traditional views on homosexuality and ...
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Rocco Buttiglione has been rejected for the EUâs justice job by MEPs as a row over the line-up of JosÃ© Manuel Barrosoâs European Commission hots up.
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The BBC's Tamsin Smith says the row in Brussels over comments by Italy's candidate for EU commissioner has affronted Italians.
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Rome) An Italian cabinet minister Wednesday launched into a homophobic tirade in response to this weeks rebuke of the country's nominee for the European Union's Commissioner for Justice.
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Italy resumed the forced deportation of immigrants to Libya yesterday and denied the United Nations' refugee agency access to the would-be asylum seekers.
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Italy's support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe's justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow ...
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Italy resumed the forced deportation of immigrants to Libya yesterday and denied the United Nations&#39; refugee agency access to the would-be asylum seekers.