Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland’s conservative ruling party Law and Justice, spoke out against LGBT+ pride marches, calling them “traveling theater” that undermines traditional Catholic values.
“We are the ones who are harmed by this, it must be unmasked and discarded,” Kaczynski said at a party gathering, where he also expressed gratitude toward a Polish archbishop who called LGBT+ activists a “rainbow plague.”
The Law and Justice party is making criticism of LGBT+ rights a central part of its campaign, aiming to stoke its rural, religious base in advance of national elections on October 13.
In July, a gay pride march in Bialystok was besieged by counter protesters who shouted down and attacked participants.
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