Equality minister under fire. photo - east news“She certainly made a mistake,” said PM Donald Tusk said yesterday after Radziszewska said that gays should not be allowed to teach in religious schools.
Tusk also indicated, however, that he was unsure over the future of his equality minister. “I need time to think. I don’t want to take any decisions concerning ministers in my cabinet while there’s so much fuss surrounding them,” said Tusk.
During today’s meeting Donald Tusk will ask Radziszewska to consider whether the post of Plenipotentiary for Equality really “suits her skills”.
The European Commission has decided to exclude Radziszewska from the jury of a contest to find the best writers on anti-discrimination in the EU.
“Mrs. Radziszewska was a member of the jury last year but we also want other people to have an opportunity to participate in it,” said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship.
In an interview for the Catholic-oriented daily Gosc Niedzielny last week Radziszewska said that a Roman Catholic school has the right to make a lesbian teacher redundant or refuse to employ her.
She followed that up by outing a lawyer she was debating with on a TV show. homosexual.
Elzbieta Radziszewska was fiercely criticized by the Democratic Left Alliance, Campaign Against Homophobia, the Union of Teachers, artists, scientists and even Radziszewska’s Civic Platform’s colleagues.
(mg/pg)Source: PAP