Kaja Godek is a Polish ultra-conservative activist and leader of the foundation ("life and family"). She proposed a law against abortion () in 2013
and a law against LGBT marches () in 2021. The anti-abortion proposal did not pass the
first parliamentary reading while the anti-LGBT proposal did and is to be worked on by parliamentary committees.
Presenting her anti-LGBT project in the lower house of Poland's parliament (the
Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
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), Godek claimed that LGBT activists pay children to attend their parades.
In 2016, she registered the foundation.
YouTube blocked the account of said foundation in 2019 for inciting hate. In 2019, Godek ran for the European Parliament for the far-right
Confederation Liberty and Independence
The Confederation Liberty and Independence ( pl, Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość), frequently shortened to just Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja), is a far-right political party in Poland.
It was initially founded in 2018 as a polit ...
, but failed to obtain a seat.
Anti-abortion proposal
In 2013, Kaja Godek proposed a ban on the abortion of fetuses with genetic defects or a high probability thereof. She equated abortion with killing babies. The proposal was discussed in the Sejm after gathering sufficient signatures, and rejected at the first hearing.
Anti-LGBT positions
In 2018, Kaja Godek called gay people perverts on live TV (
Polsat
Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30%
Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSECPS, whi ...
),
leading to a defamation lawsuit which was dismissed by the court, because she supposedly had not addressed the gay plaintiffs directly. This ruling was overturned later by a higher court, meaning Godek faces another trial in 2022. In 2018, Godek also called
Leo Varadkar
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, a gay Irish-Indian politician and at the time
Taoiseach
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(head of government) of Ireland, a pervert.
In 2019, Godek declared that gay people want to adopt children to rape and molest them. In 2021, Godek told
Bart Staszewski, an LGBT rights campaigner, that he abuses children and that he disgusts her, which led Staszewski to file a libel suit.
Godek's 2021 proposal would ban LGBT marches. It was supported by the
Polish Catholic Church and gathered 140,000 signatures, surpassing the 100,000 required for a Sejm debate. The bill was debated in the first of three
readings on 29 October 2021, and passed to the next stage with 235 yes votes (205 no votes, 1 abstention). Said stage consists in the bill being discussed by parliamentary committees. The German newspaper called it "questionable" whether the proposal would return to parliament from there before the
2023 parliamentary election, and come into force. It added that "many experts" doubt that the law is compatible with European Union law.
Anti-vaccine stances
Godek claimed in September 2021 that aborted fetuses were used to produce vaccines.
External links
Speeches by Kaja Godekin the Sejm
Documentation of the anti-LGBT proposalon the Sejm website
References
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Anti-LGBT sentiment
Polish anti-same-sex-marriage activists
Polish anti-abortion activists
Polish anti-vaccination activists
Confederation Liberty and Independence politicians
1982 births
Living people