March on, Gays of Poland

Kudos to the gays of Poland, who successfully held their Gay Pride Parade on Saturday, despite heavy opposition from politicians and religious groups. Over 5,000 showed up for the event, where in past years, gay rights rallies in Warsaw and the western city of Poznan resulted in violent clashes, no incidents were reported Saturday.

Though successful, the gays of Poland have a lot on their plate. Just last week Education Minister Roman Giertych unveiled draft legislation Wednesday that would make it a criminal offence to "promote homosexual propaganda" in schools, which means no discussion of homosexuality in schools and other academic institutions. LGBT organizations would be barred from schools and teachers who reveal their homosexuality will be fired from work.