Seriously, what's wrong with this picture - The Australian
"Alarm as Polish twins take power" was the caption; article highlights follow ...Off the top of my head I can agree having twin brothers as a nation's highest leaders might cause some "alarm." But then I read further ...The Kaczynski twins, the most bizarre political partnership in Europe, have formally assumed power in Warsaw, vowing to make Poland a big country that counts in Brussels while protecting its culture and morals against EU liberalisation.
The twin brothers' political partnership was cemented after parliament approved Jaroslaw Kaczynski's appointment as Prime Minister. Forty-five minutes older than Lech Kaczynski, who is President, Jaroslaw Kaczynski will accentuate the country's status as one of the most awkward members of the EU.Homophobic, intolerant, ultranationalist and ever eager for a scrap with Poland's neighbours [...]So, seriously, what IS wrong with this picture?
Jaroslaw Kaczynski used his inaugural speech yesterday to declare that marriage should remain a union between a man and a woman.
"We won't let ourselves say that black is white," he said. "We are going to protect this foundation of social life."
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... the blueprint for Poland that Jaroslaw presented to parliament was a sensible centre-right program. To reduce Polish dependence on Russian oil and gas ...
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Yet the twins, 57, are famed for their fractiousness. Jaroslaw, deploring the declining Polish population, made it clear Poland would remain hostile to abortion.
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And critics had no doubt that his Government would seek to exclude homosexuals from the teaching profession.
Lech ordered the police to break up demonstrating gays during his tenure as mayor of Warsaw, declaring: "I have nothing against them protesting as citizens, only as homosexuals."
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