Rocco Buttiglione, a close friend of Pope John Paul,
said that gays should not suffer discrimination but that homosexuality is a sin.  The leftist element of the EU commission is trying to get rid of Buttiglione...but Italy says they have made their choice.
 
article:
http://www.raptureme.com/cgi-bin/rrnews_list.cgi?cmd=one&file=rrnews/N.20041022.080406.EU_s_left_warns