“Europe must combat homophobia”
President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek has condemned homophobia as International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) is marked today.
Monday, 17.05.2010.
14:44
President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek has condemned homophobia as International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) is marked today. “The European Union is devoted to combating discrimination on any ground: homophobia is no exception. This commitment is enshrined in our fundamental legal texts: both in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and in the Treaty of the European Union,” Buzek said. “Europe must combat homophobia” According to him, homophobia is a blatant breach of human dignity that questions fundamental rights, and thus it must be strongly condemned. “The European Parliament should continue to affirm its strong opposition to homophobia. No matter whether it takes place inside or outside the EU,” the president of the EP concluded. The traditional European LGBT parade, Europride, is supposed to be held for the first time in June in Buzek’s native Poland, which is sometimes labeled as a homophobic country due to its deeply religious Catholic patriarchal society. The manifestation, however, is not under a question mark for fear of incidents, since Polish police have been managing to prevent regular attack of Polish ultra-Catholics and conservative youth on gay parades, but because of a lack of sponsors. Polish police intervened yesterday in the town of Kielce, where the Silence March was held for the first time ahead of the IDAHO in order to warn that sexual minorities are still afraid of openly showing their sexual orientation because of discrimination. A group of young men wearing black and led by a local councilor from former PM Jaroslaw Kaczinsky’s conservative party Law and Justice were chanting, “Good gay – dead gay”, as they tried to attack several dozen participants who were wearing band-aids over their mouths and carrying placards saying “Silence is our scream”, and, “No to homophobia”. Police prevented the attack, while the march ended with its participants under police protection. A file photo from a gay parade in Berlin (FoNet)
“Europe must combat homophobia”
According to him, homophobia is a blatant breach of human dignity that questions fundamental rights, and thus it must be strongly condemned.“The European Parliament should continue to affirm its strong opposition to homophobia. No matter whether it takes place inside or outside the EU,” the president of the EP concluded.
The traditional European LGBT parade, Europride, is supposed to be held for the first time in June in Buzek’s native Poland, which is sometimes labeled as a homophobic country due to its deeply religious Catholic patriarchal society.
The manifestation, however, is not under a question mark for fear of incidents, since Polish police have been managing to prevent regular attack of Polish ultra-Catholics and conservative youth on gay parades, but because of a lack of sponsors.
Polish police intervened yesterday in the town of Kielce, where the Silence March was held for the first time ahead of the IDAHO in order to warn that sexual minorities are still afraid of openly showing their sexual orientation because of discrimination.
A group of young men wearing black and led by a local councilor from former PM Jaroslaw Kaczinsky’s conservative party Law and Justice were chanting, “Good gay – dead gay”, as they tried to attack several dozen participants who were wearing band-aids over their mouths and carrying placards saying “Silence is our scream”, and, “No to homophobia”.
Police prevented the attack, while the march ended with its participants under police protection.
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