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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fight against homophobia in Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120522.19.2-479-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-22-Speech-2-481-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Joanna Senyszyn2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; DROI (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"The people of the European Union are united in the conviction that all people are equal and have the same rights. Unfortunately, in many of the Member States, and also in Poland, the level of tolerance shown to sexual minorities is still too low. Last Sunday, I took part in the Kraków March for Equality, which was held under the slogan ‘Diversity, Solidarity, Equality’. Our diversity was cheerful, colourful and friendly, but the counter-demonstration held by the bovver boys from the National Rebirth of Poland movement exuded a pathological hatred. Homophobia, like every phobia, is an illness and needs to be treated. However, what we are seeing in Poland is not homophobia but a form of chauvinism favouring one sexual orientation over another, and it needs to be fought by adopting appropriate legislation. Apart from good law, active promotion of equal opportunities is needed and a strengthening of society’s awareness of equality issues, for example, by addressing the issue of non-discrimination, beginning at nursery school and in all areas of policy. An end to discrimination against homosexuals in the European Union can be achieved only by a directive establishing a uniform, minimum level of protection for people who suffer discrimination because of their age, sexual orientation, disability, religion or world view. A key factor is for there to be complete separation of Church and State, because homophobia and its expression in laws which discriminate against homosexuals find particularly good conditions for development precisely in situations in which too large a role is played by religion."@en1

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