Gays Would End Human Race, Poland's President Says

DUBLIN, IRELAND -- During a recent state visit, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski told a shocked Irish government that the human race "would disappear if homosexuality was freely promoted."

"Imagine what grand changes would occur in mores if the traditional links between men and women were set aside," the President continued.

The Polish Embassy in Dublin declined to comment on the president's views.

Irish Labour Party spokeswoman Joan Burton said the President's remarks were "a pity, given people's efforts to remove crass and gross discrimination".

Gay Irish Sen. David Norris, who was one of the arcitects behind the decriminalization of homosexuality in Ireland in 1993, called the comments "ignorant, unsophisticated and a disgrace to the European community."

An interesting sideline about the story is that the President's twin brother, Poland's Prime Minister, was recently outed after documents from the Polish Secret Service were declassified.