The problem of same-sex couple partnership legalization in 2011 election campaign Cover Image

Problem legalizacji związków partnerskich osób tej samej płci w kampanii wyborczej 2011 roku
The problem of same-sex couple partnership legalization in 2011 election campaign

Author(s): Łukasz Tomczak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: polish political parties; left; right; election; partnership of same-sex couple; homosexuality

Summary/Abstract: The article presents differences between the electorate and political parties programs in a political right point of view according to the principle of same-sex couples to certificate their relations. Parties of the left such as the Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej) and Palikot`s Movement (Ruch Palikota) tried to support the idea of the same-sex couple partnerships however they didn’t try to make them equal with the ordinary marriages. The voters of those parties where more often ready to accept the same-sex couple partnerships, nevertheless the right side pulls in the opposite electorate. Most of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska RP) voters didn’t support the same-sex couples partnership idea, that kind of attitude dominate the Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) electorate too. Nowadays the aversion to the same-sex couples rights can be clearly seen among the whole society. During the 2011 campaign also clearly become the increase of support for the same-sex couples partnership over the previous year especially in political left wing of electorate. Social ratio to the main aspects of the article divines polish political parties as much as the most of the voters, creating a big line between the left and the right side of polish politics.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 237-249
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish