FILE PHOTO: People hold banners with words 'Homophobia kills' as they take part in demonstration for LGBT rights in front of the Education ministry in Warsaw, Poland October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Jewish community leaders in Warsaw on Tuesday voiced their opposition to the "dehumanising" language they say is being used against LGBT (lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender) people in Poland's presidential election campaign.
Gay rights have been thrust into the spotlight during the campaign for the June 28 election. President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the right-wing ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), views what he calls LGBT "ideology" as an invasive foreign influence that harms traditional values in the devoutly Catholic nation.
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