February 22, 2007
Gay rights groups condemn Polish president
Gay rights groups and politicians in Ireland have condemned Polish president Lech Kaczynski for antigay remarks he made on a recent state visit, reports the BBC-UK.
Kaczynski said the human race "would disappear if homosexuality was freely promoted." One of Ireland's openly gay politicians, Sen. David Norris, called the president a "disgrace to the European community" and said Kacsynski's comments were "ignorant, unsophisticated, and a disgrace."
Kaczynski has come under fire in the past by gay rights groups for antigay remarks. He has said he opposes homosexuality being "freely promoted" or "treated as one of several choices." As mayor of Warsaw he banned gay pride marches for two years. Kaczynski denies he is homophobic and says he has gay friends.
Joan Burton, the Irish Labour Party's finance spokeswoman, said his remarks were "a pity given people's efforts to remove crass and gross discrimination." (The Advocate)
The ludicrous nature of President's Kacsynski's thesis can be gauged from the fact that while homosexuality has been increasingly tolerated in the modern world, the global population has mushroomed to some 6 billion people. If anything, Mr Kaczynski ought to be concerned about the problem of overpopulation. Additionally it would be interesting to see how successful he and those who argue such a position would be if they tried to convert heterosexual people to a homosexual lifestyle. Our guess is that while we might welcome such a campaign, we wouldn't expect it to meet with great success, to say the least!
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