People livg same-sex upl will be barred om adoptg children Poland even as sgle parents, unr a new law announced on Thursday by a natnalist lg party which has ma anti-gay polici a major part of s erng platform.
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POLAND TO BAN GAYS OM ADOPTG, EVEN AS SGLE PARENTS
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BRUSSELS/WARSAW, March 11 (Rters) - People livg same-sex upl will be barred om adoptg children Poland even as sgle parents, unr a new law announced on Thursday by a natnalist lg party which has ma anti-gay polici a major part of s erng announcement is likely to tensify a clash between Poland and the European Unn over LGBT rights, which the EU says mt be rpected all member stat, but which Poland lls a threat to s Roman Catholic culture and a purely domtic Polish ernment announced s plan for the adoptn ban hours before lawmakers the European parliament adopted a major gay rights rolutn that was seen as a direct rebe to Warsaw's recent already allows only oppose sex upl or sgle people to adopt children. ) people livg habatn wh a person of the same sex uld not adopt a child, so a homosexual uple will not be able to adopt a child, " said Deputy Jtice Mister Michal said the purpose of the measure was to protect children: "It's about a child's safety, about s wellbeg, " he said. Children serve a home, " activist Bartosz Staszewski told 's curbs on gay rights, which are beg mimicked nearby Hungary, are among several issu that have created ictn between the EU and right wg ernments power those two ex-munist member untri.