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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Tue May 21, 2019, 12:20 PM May 2019

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
5 MIN READ

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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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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-poland/polish-towns-go-lgbt-free-ahead-of-bitter-european-election-campaign-idUSKCN1SR0YZ

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Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign (Original Post) Eugene May 2019 OP
Well, some years ago a bunch of them decided COLGATE4 May 2019 #1
Well said. Those of us in the overlap know well this game. (n/t) FreepFryer May 2019 #2

COLGATE4

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1. Well, some years ago a bunch of them decided
Tue May 21, 2019, 12:31 PM
May 2019

to go judenfrei so they have some experience in the matter.

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