But the list does not just target Poland’s conservative, rightwing politicians – many on the roll, drawn up by gaylife.pl, are from the left of the political spectrum. A human rights organization has criticized such a list.

“There’s a parliamentary election coming. We want to enable the gay community to make a conscious choice and this is the reason for creating a list with the names of the people who have hindered us from achieving our goals”, said Marek Ryszard, of the gay portal and initiator of the idea.

A Mr. Rzepliński, of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, does not in the least bit approve. He seems to think there must be evidence of homophobic behavior before a politician is listed. Some of the politicians on the list are allegedly named solely because they have refused to raise the issue of equal marriage rights in policy statements.

It's an election, not a trial (not that a trial for crimes against humanity is not called for here). Silence on the issue of marriage equality (or any other), by the way, is criminal and worthy of trial. It's also more than ample reason to not vote for them. Why should Gays vote for a homophobe?

Polish police say they are dropping the hunt for whoever was behind a series of bombs which later turned out to be fakes that were discovered in four cities in the days leading up to the 2005 presidential election.

The devices were discovered after anonymous phone calls to police from someone claiming to be from an organization called the Gay Power Brigade.

Thirteen devices were found in Warsaw. Police said that the "bombs" were sophisticated and it took bomb squad experts some time to realize they were not dealing with real explosives.

Similar dummy bombs also were discovered in train stations in Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot.

The discoveries caused panic in the streets of all four cities.

In a lengthy manifesto sent to Warsaw newspapers and wire services the Gay Power Brigade condemned Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski, who was running for president.

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The bomb scare was in part credited with Kaczynski's election.

But as police began to investigate they discovered there was no such organization as the Gay Power Brigade, and liberals and members of Poland's LGBT community suggested the whole bomb scare was a plat by Kaczynski's Law and Justice party to gain power.