It takes all sorts to make a Parliament
One is a government senator and member of the conservative Opus Dei organisation who wears the spiked metal chain around her thigh to recreate the suffering of Christ. The other is a drag artist who has not had a sex change operation but dresses and lives as a woman and represents the Reformed Communist Party. They are currently engaged in a very public row over proposed legislation to give many legal rights to unmarried couples, including homosexuals.
Where could this be happening?
The answer, of course, is Italy.
The first politician is Paola Binetti and her opponent is Luxuria (real name, Wladimiro Guadagno).
I’m totally with Luxeria on this one.
More background here.