When Poland's populist Law and Justice Party came to power in 2015, it declared ambitions to Christianize the European Union. And this issue has placed Poland into conflict with mainstream Europe. But, recently, it's just exploded and gone to the forefront of the political agenda. The issue of gay rights has been bubbling beneath the surface in Poland for years. ambassador and the openly gay deputy mayor of Warsaw, who compared it to the behavior of the Nazis in the Second World War. This exemplified the hatred and intolerance that concerns the U.S. The mob set off in pursuit of one small group of gay pride campaigners seeking safety.īut they spotted police pinning down a hard-liner, and the first skirmish of the afternoon began. As the hostile mood intensified, the police struggled to defend stragglers separated from the main march.