Sack for {Polish) teachers who 'promote homosexuality'

[question everything]

POLISH teachers who "promote homosexuality" will lose their jobs under a draft law expected to be passed within a month, a deputy education minister said overnight, angering human rights groups.

But Miroslaw Orzechowski, a member of the nationalist League of Polish Families party, a partner in the conservative-led coalition government which has often railed against gay rights, said the law was not aimed against gay teachers.

(snip)

He did not explain what exactly "promotion of homosexuality" would include.

The EU parliament has singled out the far-right party, whose leader Roman Giertych is deputy prime minister, as one of the main culprits behind a rise of racism and xenophobia in Poland.

More..

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21391775-5005961,00.html#

[sutz12]

1. Right wing racists and xenophobes.....imagine that.

:sarcasm:

I'd be a little interested in what is really meant by "promotion of homosexuality" myself. For a typical RW'er, though, it usually tends to be mentioning it's existance without the requisite tone of disgust in one's voice. On the surface, this has a familiar ring to it, a decidely negative one.

As usual, RW'ers confuse religion with morality.

[ThomCat]

2. If they can't explain who this law will target

then it's because they know they'd get blasted for saying who they plan to target. x(

We all know damned well that any teacher suspected of being GLB would be terminated.

[NMMNG]

3. Oh for crying out loud

And the Christians claim they're being persecuted??? :crazy:

[WindRavenX]

4. LMAO, how does one "promote" being gay?

:rofl: :rofl:

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. The resurrection of Thatcher's Clause 28

Section 28 was a controversial amendment to the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1986, enacted by the Local Government Act 1988 on 24 May 1988 and repealed on 18 November 2003. The amendment stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship"<1>.

Some people believed that Section 28 prohibited local councils from distributing any material, whether plays, leaflets, books, etc, that portrayed gay relationships as anything other than abnormal. Teachers and educational staff in some cases were afraid of discussing gay issues with students for fear of losing state funding (see Controversy over applicability for more information).

No successful prosecution was ever brought under this provision, but its existence caused many groups to close or limit their activities or self-censor. For example, a number of lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual student support groups in schools and colleges across Britain were closed due to fears by council legal staff that they could breach the Act.<2>
...
Despite successive defeats in the House of Lords of attempts to repeal Section 28 in England and Wales, the Labour government passed legislation to repeal this section as part of the Local Government Act 2003. This passed the Lords and received Royal Assent on the 18 September 2003 and the repeal became effective on the 18 November 2003.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28

Thatcher proved that the bigots don't want a proper definition of "promotion of homosexuality" - if it's unsure, teachers and schools won't take the risk, and it will end up stopping more discussion of homosexuality than something precise.