Polish Gay-Rights Demonstrators March Under Police Protection

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Polish gay-rights demonstrators marched under police protection, a week after the first march was shut down by attacks

July 28, 2019 2:53 pm ET

BIALYSTOK, Poland—About 1,000 gay-rights demonstrators marched inside the protection of a police cordon on Sunday, the second-ever pride parade for this city in Poland’s east, a week after the first was shut down when some counterdemonstrators attacked marchers. The march, largely by gay-rights activists from out of town, and last week’s violence, demonstrated the heightened tensions around LGBT rights in a country headed toward elections and in which there is a stark divide between social conservatives and liberals. No violence...

 

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Am I supposed to celebrate this? Last month, I was supposed to hate Trump for pushing to decriminalize homosexuality in the middle east because it was disrespectful to their culture and religion. Just trying to keep up.

...jeeesss.....

These people are sick.

Sodomy on Parade

Poland is looking more appealing by the second

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