Gay pride nyc 2005
Similar remarks from politicians abound in Poland and elsewhere in the old Eastern bloc. Mean that mankind would slowly die out," he said. But there is no reason to encourage it because it would "I do not plan to persecute homosexuals or to hinder theirĬareers. Kaczynski - who as Warsaw mayor banned the 20 gay pride rallies - shot back at a group of gay rights activists who were heckling him.
Protests during Kaczynski's speech in Berlinĭuring a state visit to Germany in March, Polish President Lech In 1928, before it rose to power in Germany, the National Socialist party, or Nazis, castigated homosexuals as a threat to German survival. "It reminds me of Germany in the 1920s", said Tomasz Baczkowski, president of the Equality Foundation which is organizing Saturday's "Equality Parade". Polish gays live has grown worse since the LPR joined Poland's
The family, and the state is obliged to protect the family."īiedron insists what he calls the "atmosphere of hate" in which He contends "homosexuality is not natural. Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, prime of the heavily Catholic country of Poland, has likened homosexuality to a disease whose spread must be stopped. Robert Biedron, an official from the Campaign Against Homophobia in Poland. The situation is becoming dangerous," said Gay rights organization say homosexuals in Poland live in aĬlimate of hatred and fear that has grown worse since the far-right League of Polish Families (LPR) entered Poland's governing coalition last month.
Claudia Roth, head of Germany's Green party, in PolandĪround 2,000 officers were deployed to survey the parade and march alongside demonstrators in an attempt to prevent attacks by far right groups, the police spokesman added.Ī group of around 100 skinheads threw eggs at the marchers but were prevented from approaching them by police.