Backwards Poland rejects same-sex marriage

The Polish parliament rejected a new law on registered partnerships for homosexuals on Friday. Prime Minister Donald Tusk was outvoted by the conservative wing of his own party on the issue. The vote highlights Poland's backwardness, the left-liberal news website Polityka Online stresses: "And once again, the ritualistic incantation of an attack on the traditional family and moral order of society has won the day. ... Yet in the civilised world the regulation of same-sex relationships has become standard. At present gays and lesbians can get married in seven European countries (Holland, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Portugal). In other states of Western Europe excepting Italy this issue was regulated by a law on partnerships under civil law. ... Nothing is likely to change any more in this legislative period because not even Prime Minister Tusk's intervention achieved anything. Poland remains a white stain on the map of civilised countries in this respect."

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