Anti-church tycoon scores big in Poland vote
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WARSAW — A new party which challenges Poland’s powerful Roman Catholic church led by tycoon-provocateur Janusz Palikot made a surprise breakthrough in its electoral debut Sunday, soaring to a third spot finish.
The Palikot Movement, which advocates liberalising Poland’s restrictive abortion law, free access to contraception, legalising soft drugs and gay marriage, scored 10.1 percent in a TSN/OBOP exit poll with a 1.5 percent margin of error.
“Life is beautiful. Everything is possible,” Palikot told a roaring crowd of supporters at his Warsaw campaign headquarters Sunday night.
“It’s a great inspiration to know that in Poland there are millions of people who want a secular state, a civil and friendly state in which one’s faith is the private matter of each individual,” he said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111012com3.html
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