And here's what happened in NZ recently. A protest (by three thousand people) against religious tolerance. Protest by Christian groups of course:

http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/tabid/184/articleID/27923/Default.aspx

Ellis wrote:

"the comparison of the US with the Roman Empire was popular a few years ago"

It's still nice to call the US president George W. Caesar. As Redewenur points out there are many similarities.