![]() In fact, earlier this year, he indicated that he would be willing to sign same-sex civil partnerships into law, a much more moderate position than PiS has taken. However, although Duda hails from PiS, and remains a close ally, he has himself largely avoided commenting on this issue until now. ![]() As a result, Poland was recently ranked as the worst country for LGBT people in the European Union in an annual index published by ILGA-Europe, a Brussels-based NGO. Last year, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, as well as parts of the Catholic church, led a strident anti-LGBT campaign. But this was happening already, wasn’t it? This was followed by a campaign speech condemning LGBT as a form of “neo-Bolshevism” that is “smuggled into schools” to “sexualise children”, and which is “even more dangerous to man communist ideology”. He published a “Family Charter” that included pledges to “ban the propagation of LGBT ideology in public institutions” and oppose same-sex marriage and adoption. Over the last week, Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, who is standing for re-election on 28 June, has made LGBT issues part of his campaign. By Daniel Tilles Why are LGBT issues back in the news now in Poland?
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