WARSAW: The European Parliament is scheduled to debate a resolution on Wednesday (Mar 10) that would declare the entire 27-member European Union to be a “freedom zone” for LGBT people.
The resolution comes largely in reaction to developments over the past two years in Poland, where many local communities have adopted largely symbolic resolutions declaring themselves to be free of what Polish conservative authorities have been calling “LGBT ideology”.The towns say they are only seeking to defend their traditional Catholic values, but LGBT rights activists say they are discriminatory and make gays and lesbians feel unwelcome.