Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MAY 21, 2019 / 6:12 AM / UPDATED 21 MINUTES AGO
Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign
Marcin Goclowski, Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk
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In March, her local council in Swidnik passed a motion to reject what it viewed as the spread of LGBT ideology in homes, schools and workplaces. A handful of other areas, mostly in conservative rural Poland, have issued similar statements.
Views that are offensive or illegal in many European countries have been widely aired in Poland ahead of the European Parliament elections, where LGBT rights are a hot-button issue.
In a bitter campaign, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has depicted such rights as dangerous foreign ideas that undermine traditional values in Poland, a staunchly Catholic country.
Another PiS target has been a new sex education program, based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, due to be introduced to schools in the capital Warsaw, a bastion of liberalism run by the opposition Civic Platform party.
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