So who are the romans nowdays? Italians? Catholics? WHat?
...all who would try to ban public display of a menorah, IMO.
I think of "Rome" as the spirit and religion of ancient Rome. It's not only Catholic, and not all Catholics are on the bandwagon to destroy Judaism. Most of my dad's family was Catholic. A few years ago, an ex-relative who is a "holy roller" told me that "the Jews are going to hell" (very contradictory to her friendlier comments of the 1960s). That, after a few years of my study into the history of my former religion (including re-reading the "New Testament") and along with the rise in frequency of public comments against Judaism since the "Passion" play, prompted me to leave my former religion behind. I was a Southern Baptist for most of life, but thanks to Mel, Buchanan, Novak, some comments from television preachers against Jewish people over the past few years, a few relatives, our neighbors, and much study of the history of religion in Rome and Europe, I am no longer an xian. There's no way that I'll go back. I even renounced my boyo-hood.
Go ahead. Call me a "bigot." Many others here have.