German media have already begun extensively covering the ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court. The newspaper Die Tageszeitung states bluntly that despite the “important” verdict – “the situation of LGBTIQ people’s rights in Catholic Poland is still bad.”
On Friday, the Supreme Administrative Court issued a ruling obliging the civil registry office to enter into the Polish register a same-sex marriage concluded abroad.
The court decided to overturn the judgment of the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw, which had dismissed the couple’s complaint, as well as to annul the decision of the head of the Civil Registry Office of the Capital City of Warsaw refusing to carry out the transcription. It also obliged the head of that office to transfer, by way of transcription, the record of this marriage into the civil status register within 30 days from the date of the return of the administrative files.
“Tusk’s plan and that of the liberal-left government is that since they are unable to change the law, they will try to do so through faits accomplis and judicial lawlessness. This court ruling is a judicial crime,” said Sebastian Kaleta, former Deputy Minister of Justice, in an interview with Niezalezna.pl.
German Media: Things Are Still Bad in Poland
The case has stirred public opinion. Right-wing circles criticize the Supreme Administrative Court’s decision, pointing to Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, according to which marriage is a union between a man and a woman. Meanwhile, the liberal-left camp is “celebrating,” as demonstrated by the Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, who paraded through parliament with a rainbow flag draped over his back.
German media have already reported on the matter. “Poland must recognize same-sex marriages concluded in other EU countries,” reads Die Tageszeitung. The newspaper writes explicitly that “the situation of LGBTIQ people’s rights in Catholic Poland is still bad.”
The outlet described the ruling as “important” and “setting a direction.” Clearly overlooking the issue of the Polish Constitution, TAZ stated that the Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling is consistent with last year’s judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union. At the same time, it noted that it was difficult to predict whether Poland would comply with the ruling because “the Constitution does not prohibit the recognition of marriages concluded in other EU countries.”