PO minister outs gay opponent on air

25th September 2010

Radziszewska has even come under fire from within her own party

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The government’s equality minister sparked outrage after she said Catholic schools had the right to sack gay and lesbian teachers, and then apparently ‘outed’ a gay man live on breakfast television.

In an article for the Catholic paper Gosc Niedzielny, Elzbieta Radziszewska, a member of the Civic Platform (PO) government, argued that Catholic schools could discriminate against homosexual members of staff as their sexuality was not in fitting with the teachings of the Catholic Church.

Despite her official role of promoting equality, Ms Radziszewska then took part in a heated debate on TVN’s Good Morning show with Krzysztof Smiszek, deputy head of the Polish Society for Anti-Disc ...

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