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Łańcut County was the last locale with such a zone, and now its governing body has voted to abolish it to avoid losing European Union funding.
With Poland under a new, more liberal government, TV host Wojciech Szeląg is apologizing for years of spreading homophobia.
With support from the country's new Prime Minister and Europe's highest human rights court, same-sex couples may finally be granted legal recognition in Poland.
Poland is set to change course after a turbulent two years under a government whose old-fashioned Catholic values and strident approach to the European Union alienated many younger, urban voters. Opponents of Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski turned out in strength on Sunday, swelling turnout to a post-communist record of 53.8% as they mobilized for a different vision of their country, as a nation looking to a promising future instead of a painful past and seeing European neighbors as a source of opportunity rather than a threat.
