Jan 23, 2008Quickie Link: Polish Politicians Dismiss European Court Ruling on Gay Adoption
By vanrozenheim
(Poland) - While Gay men and women welcomed this weeks ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on adoption by Gay men and women, Polish politicians have effectively said that they would take no notice of what the Grand Chamber of Europe’s highest court has said. The case was bought by a French Gay woman who claimed that she was not permitted to apply to be an adoptive parent on grounds of sexuality. “It’s a milestone,” said Robert Biedron, president of the Warsaw-based Campaign Against Homophobia, speaking about the Strasbourg court ruling. “This decision prevents administrators of various countries from denying LGB people adoption which has happened in many places.” But Polish politicians have vowed to disregard the court ruling. “If a similar judgment dealt with Poland we would still not agree to adoption by homosexuals”, said deputy speaker of the Polish Parliament, Stefan Niesiolowski, a member of the ruling Citizen’s Platform (PO).
