Anti-gay law in Poland aims to fire teachers with "homosexual attitudes"

[Bluebear]

Strasbourg - A Polish proposal to ban discussion of homosexuality in schools would violate European law, the European commissioner for equal opportunity said Wednesday. "Such a law, if it were to emerge, would be in contradiction with the European human rights convention and the EU charter on fundamental rights," Vladimir Spidla told the European Parliament as part of a debate on homophobia.

Several Polish parliament members walked out after a vote to suspend the debate failed. Poland's deputy education minister, Miroslaw Orzechowski, said last month that legislation was being prepared that would lead to the dismissal of teachers who promoted "homosexual attitudes." It would also prohibit gay organisations from providing information in schools on protection from sexually transmitted diseases, the deputy minister said.

Spidla said it appeared the proposed Polish legislation had not yet been formulated. The organisation Human Rights Watch has also criticised the proposal as a violation of basic rights. Meanwhile far-right Polish MEP Maciej Giertych, already in trouble over an anti-semitic tract, published a homophobic pamphlet bearing the parliament's logo. Entitled "European values" the opinion piece, seen by AFP, states that homosexuality is "biologically useless" and "reversible" as long as there is "the desire to become heterosexual and the spiritual motivation". Gay parades should be banned, he adds.

Giertych offers his support to his deputy education minister's plan to sack teachers who promote homosexuality.

http://www.afterellen.com/node/20474

[JerseygirlCT]

1. Will "attitude" replace "lifestyle" as the buzzword of the bigots? nt

[BlooInBloo]

2. Poland: The Kansas Of Europe.

[KamaAina]

3. "Poland from the air looks like Kansas farmed by elves"

from William Gibson's Pattern Recognition.

http://kwc.org/blog/archives/2003/2003-11-15.book_pattern_recognition.html (at ch. 33)

[BlooInBloo]

4. Get OUT!!

:rofl:

I swear I just made that up.

[IndianaJones]

5. Intolerance boiling to the surface in Europe...shocking.

What does "promote homosexuality" mean? Organizing membership drives?

[Bluebear]

6. Yes, there's a yearly quota to sign up, you know.

And I apologize to you.

[IndianaJones]

7. I knew it....the "agenda". I'm hip. nt.

[marmar]

13. I don't think intolerance is unique to Europe.....

And actually, when it comes to acceptance of gays and lesbians, Western Europe at least is probably the most advanced region on this planet. (Obviously that doesn't include Poland)


:think:

[and-justice-for-all]

8. The band BEHEMOTH

is from Poland, and one of the guys stated in an interview that they are to the point of not even acknowledging they are Polish becasue they country is so fucked up with religious zealots. The Amerikanistan Reich-Wing disease has infected Poland, they seem to think they can invade Europe through its 'back door'. Europe will not return to the dark ages, no matter how hard those jeebus freaks try.

[knowledgeispwr]

9. "Amerikanistan" isn't the sole proprietor of "Reich-Wing" disease...

Ignorance doesn't have a nationality. What's happening in Poland may be the pendulum swinging all the way to one extreme after religious suppression in the iron-curtain days had held the pendulum at the opposite extreme.

[11cents]

14. Exactly.

Let's allow other countries the dignity of having their own histories and their own craziness. There are some phenemena in the world that actually aren't American.

[LeftishBrit]

10. Horrible...

The current Polish government is pure ugh. Not surprisingly, many intelligent young Poles move to other countries, now that EU membership makes this easier. I foresee major political clashes between Poland and the more liberal countries of the EU, unless they replace their government soon.

[marmar]

11. WTF is a "homosexual attitude?"

Don't get gay with me young lady or I'll send you to the principal's office! :wtf:

[porphyrian]

12. That's exactly what I was thinking.

With a few notable exceptions, how many times do teachers express their sexual preference in school anyway?

[BlooInBloo]

15. Any attitude that elicits the response "Dude, that's so gay from a straight onlooker?

:rofl:

[porphyrian]

16. Heh, right, that could be just about anything. - n/t

[BlooInBloo]

17. And hence justify anything done to anyone.

[porphyrian]

18. What did you expect? Justice? Fairness? Even sanity is asking too much, apparently. - n/t

[BlooInBloo]

19. God it's depressing.