Someone tell Ian Paisley - the Dutch have their own version of the Prodiban.

A group of traditionalist Protestants has objected to the use of the European Union emblem on car registration plates in the Netherlands, on the grounds that the circle of 12 golden stars on a blue background symbolises the Roman Catholic veneration of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

It turns out that the Netherlands, a country known around the world for its liberal, permissive attitudes, has a bible belt ("Bijbelgordel"), where:

Christian observance has been sufficiently strict for swearing to be banned and cash machines not to dispense money on Sundays.

How come the Netherlands managed to get weed, prostitution, euthanasia and Dawkins-knows what else legalised, despite the presence of these nutters, while the UK, with no equivalent God squad (the Isle of Lewis hardly counts), remains solidly puritan?

Imagine if anti-Catholicism was a Bad Thing, like anti-Semitism, rather than a harmless, family-friendly pastime?