3 Polish Repeals

From  Reuters:

“Three Polish regions repeal 'LGBT-free' declarations”

(People attend the "Equality Parade" rally in support of the LGBT community, in Warsaw, Poland June 19, 2021. The writing reads: "People, not ideology".)

Three Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces "LGBT-free zones," state-run news agency PAP reported, after the European Union threatened to withdraw funding. Numerous local authorities in Poland declared themselves free of "LGBT ideology" in 2019, part of a conflict in the predominantly Catholic country between liberals and religious conservatives, who see the struggle for gay rights as a threat to traditional values. This set Poland on a collision course with the European Commission, which says the zones may violate EU law regarding non-discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. Councillors in the southeasterly Podkarpackie and Lubelskie provinces and in the southerly Malopolskie province, three of nearly a hundred municipalities and provinces that adopted motions declaring themselves free of "LGBT ideology", all voted to repeal the motions on Monday. In Podkarpackie, a new resolution entitled "Podkarpackie as a region of well-established tolerance" was passed. In Lubelskie, councillors passed a motion entitled "On the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms". "We see a special need to protect schools and families and the right of every person to self-determination," PAP quoted the latter document as saying. "At the same time, we support the right of parents to raise their children according to their beliefs," it said. The European Commission wrote to five Polish regional councils at the beginning of September urging them to abandon declarations that they are "LGBT-free" in order to receive funding. read more The Swietokrzyskie region in southern Poland also voted to repeal such a motion on Wednesday. read more

^ “LGBT Free Zones” (Strefy wolne od LGBT in Polish) are in 100 Municipalities (including five Voivodships), encompassing about a third of the country of Poland.

They are the modern-day equivalent to the “Judenfrei” (Free of Jews) or “Nur für Deutsche” (Only For Germans) of Nazi Germany (1933-1945.)

On September 6, 2021 the European Commission sent letters to several Polish Regional Councils indicating that EU funds will be withdrawn if they do not abandon their LGBT-free zone policy.

The European Commission has blocked 150 Million Euro funds for LGBT-Free Zones, and also blocked a 42 Billion Euro payment from the Covid-Recovery Fund, due to Poland not obeying EU law.

While these 3 Regional Councils have abandoned their anti-Homosexual Discrimination there are still many other locations across Poland that openly and officially discriminate against Gays.

I am a Roman Catholic and Straight and I believe Homosexuals should have official and equal rights across the world. I’m Straight, but not Narrow (Minded.) ^

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-polish-regions-repeal-lgbt-free-declarations-2021-09-27/