[Rightwing Canuck]

He said Fortuyn - who was openly gay - had been a very religious Roman Catholic

Uhh, what?

[Shermy]

I take from this article Pim is going out in "grand style" in the Dutch context. I'm sure he wanted that way - and and open casket (if possible).

And to be buried in Italy (Pordenone). Interesting style.

[LarryLied]

it was unclear if the body of the controversial anti-immigration politician

They don't have the decency to remove the warning labels even in death.

[Mike Darancette]

Funerals of even high officials in the Netherlands are often private affairs. It is believed that the last time a body lay in state in the Netherlands was in 1962 when Queen Wilhelmina died.

A politition even after death.