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In one week, Poland's social insurance office started paying care allowances to same-sex spouses and the finance minister gave them the same tax rights as any married couple. The catch: it only covers marriages from other EU countries, and the right wants it gone.
Warsaw's civil registry transcribed a same-sex marriage certificate on May 14, the first time in Polish history. Wrocław became the second city to do so days later. Both implement court orders that the Tusk government had, until recently, signaled it might ignore.
Over 100 rights groups, including Amnesty International and Poland's Supreme Bar Council, signed an open letter demanding the government implement court orders to recognize same-sex marriages performed abroad — after the Interior Minister suggested it wouldn't.
