Poland and its minorities

"The new conservative polish government, which, like the Catholic Church, has a difficult relationship with homosexuality, has bowed to pressure from the EU and allowed the demonstration to take place,” Ulrich Schmidt explains. "Catholicism, along with anti-communism, is the supporting pillar of this new government, which sees itself as decidedly 'moral' and whose leading figures have already made it clear that they regard homosexuality as unnatural, and that they have trouble tolerating the gay demonstrations that are taken for granted in other western Europe countries nowadays…The influence exerted by the rest of Europe is making itself felt, and it will grow stronger with time. The fact is that Poland's democracy is not in jeopardy, its media is independent and the country poses no threat to its neighbours. We must stay alert, and minorities in particular would be well advised to jealously guard their rights.”

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