Poland’s constitutional court ruled unanimously that the government exceeded its authority by allowing the registration of foreign same-sex marriage certificates through an administrative regulation.
Former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro says he welcomes scrutiny by the U.S. legal system after the liberal Tusk government formally requested his extradition.
Karol Nawrocki said the government-backed proposals would create a marriage-like legal status that conflicts with Poland’s constitutional protection of marriage as between a man and a woman.
Prosecutors say the suspect worked on behalf of Russian intelligence to vandalise war memorials, recruit accomplices and exploit historic tensions between Poland and Ukraine.
Following a request from Kyiv, the extension of protection until 2028 excludes newly arriving men of military age but the existing rights for 4.4M current beneficiaries remain unaffected.
Co-organizer of the demonstration Piotr Bartosz said, “Kraków is the city of Polish kings, and Poland is a nation-state with a thousand-year Christian tradition that we will defend.”
