Poland’s ‘LGBT Free Zones’ Back Fire Spectacularly.
Krasnik, a so called ‘LGBT Free Zone’ city, is not happy that the funding it relies upon has has gone by the way side and is now synonymous with anti gay hate but still won’t repeal the hateful proclamations like other Polish towns have done. (New York Times)
“Faced with the loss of foreign grants, several other Polish towns that declared themselves “free of L.G.B.T.” or adopted a “family charter” trumpeting traditional values have in recent months changed their mind. But the 21-member council in Krasnik, having voted last year against repeal, recently rejected an appeal by the mayor for another vote.
Only one member has openly voiced a readiness to change sides. “I made a mistake,” said Pawel Kurek, who abstained on the original vote but now says the resolution was foolish and should be rescinded.”
The misguided attempts to appease the far right do their job in whipping up a fervently anti-LGBT base into a frenzy. Beyond the hate bubbling up for all to see, there is little benefit to anyone in passing these sort of toothless yet brazen proclamations. Like in America, the base adherents of anti-gay bigotry support these sorts of hateful measures, but an inevitable backlash quickly forms that clearly indicates society as a whole rejects this hatred. In the end no one wins with hate.
