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Lech Walesa Shocks Poland With Anti-Gay Words

Lech Walesa, the Polish democracy icon and Nobel peace prize winner, has sparked outrage in Poland by saying that gays have no right to a prominent role in politics and that as a minority they need to "adjust to smaller things." Some commentators are now suggesting that Walesa, the leading figure in Poland's successful democracy struggle against communism, has irreparably harmed his legacy. Walesa said in a television interview on Friday that he believes gays have no right to sit on...Full Story
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