Polish professors threaten to boycott university over pro-gay expo

I've taken this from regional news over here, it seems that the event escaped the international media.

The Viadrina is a respected small school at the German/Polish border. It is organized as a joint university, with faculties located on both sides of the border.

In the Polish branch of the university - the Collegium Polonicum - the exhibition "Niech nas zobaczą" (Let them see us) was opened last week. Since then, two professors have threatened to leave the university, should their exposure to "advertising of homosexuality" continue; the geology professor Wojciech Stankowski threatened with a Poland-wide boycott of the school.

According to reports from the artists behind the pictures, there is a decision to stop the exhibition; other reports claim that the German side forced the Polish side to let the show continue to the end of the month - the Collegium is paid for by the German side.

A very similar thing is happening at the same time, at the same university over a "history of choice" exhibition on women's rights. In both instances, there is a likely connection to the pope's visit; Polish authorities banned ads for tampons, condoms, alcohol and generally anything sexy; also a temporary prohibition was enacted.

http://www.rbb-online.de/_/brandenburgaktuell/beitrag_jsp/key=rbb_beitrag_mini_4269669.html
http://www.ostblog.de/2006/05/ausstellung_gegen_homophobie_v.php
http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/06/01/a0126.1/text

This planet is just too small for these hate mongers.

Poland has taken a swing to extreme Catholicism with the past elections. They always were very religious, but at the moment western Europe is really looking with worry to Poland; especially as one of the Kaczyński brothers is considered insane by most diplomats.

So many options ...

Love that double standard. I can't take all the progressiveness. :sarcasm: