Fears of Poland's gay community (BBC News)

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Fears of Poland's gay community (BBC News)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5068318.stm

Fears of Poland's gay community
By Adam Easton
BBC News, Warsaw

As Warsaw's annual gay rights march got under way outside the Polish parliament a music system blared out its anthem: "Homophobia, the worst disease, you can't love who you want to love in times like these."
Despite the message, there was a festive mood.

Drag queens stood beside the speakers on a truck decorated in rainbow coloured balloons. Somebody brought along a pet mouse, somebody else, a snake.

Police with riot shields ensured there was no contact between the several thousand marchers and a nearby small counter demonstration of young Polish men who waved banners reading, "Ban paedophiles"...

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Mon Jun-12-06 12:58 PM
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1. Poland : aspiring to be Ohio in the 50's

sad, neo theo society, may they get the Gov't they deserve

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