Poland's new right-wing government is vehemently anti-gay.

[non sociopath skin]

I actually found this out from the Anglofreeper "Sterling Times" site who are, of course, delighted at the prospect of a European country legislating for homophobia.

Surely the EC Commissioners need to say something. C'mon Mr. Mandelson, time to take a stand ....

The Skin

Politicians of the League of Polish Families and the Law and Justice Party, using ignorance and negative stereotypes about gays and lesbians in Polish society, manipulate fear to spread hatred. They are proposing to ban our organizations, to “cure” and to isolate us. According to their demands, the society should not socially or morally tolerate us. The rhetoric of Mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczyñski, the Chairman of the League of Polish Families, Roman Giertych, and Member of the European Parliament, Wojciech Wierzejski, reminds us the rhetoric we all remember from totalitarian regimes.

A few days ago two of our friends were shot and injured in front of a gay club in Katowice; in Warsaw two men have been beaten up and somebody tried to demolish a gay club. In both cases the assistance of the Police and ambulances were needed. Elsewhere, gays and lesbians have been attacked in a dozen places where the LGBT community gathers. We receive letters with death threats.

We are publicly called perverts, pederasts, pedophiles and fags. Politicians, including leaders of political parties and members of the Polish and the European Parliament, do this openly and proudly. The justice system doesn't react when they call for discrimination against homosexuals, tacitly giving its support for the crimes that we are victims
of.

Rest at:
http://www.ilga.org/news_results.asp?LanguageID=1&FileCategory=1&ZoneID=4&FileID=645

[RethugAssKicker]

1. Poland is notoriously right-wing.

I discount their views altogether

[non sociopath skin]

2. Unfortunately they are now there in the European Parliament ...

... so as a European I don't have that luxury.

The Skin