Members of parliament wearing rainbow-themed masks, representing the LGBT symbol, pose for a picture after the swearing-in ceremony of Andrzej Duda as Polish President in Warsaw, Poland August 6, 2020. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish opposition members of parliament on Thursday formed a rainbow with their outfits at President Andrzej Duda's swearing-in in solidarity with the LGBT community after he was accused of running a campaign laced with homophobic rhetoric.
Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, argued ahead of the July vote that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people "are not people, it's an ideology". His words were condemned by the opposition and members of the international community.
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