Shane McAnally—a country singer and openly gay man, who, together with his partner, is “raising” three children born to order for them by a surrogate mother—recently posted a short video that made waves in the American media. In the video, the men ask a several-month-old baby whether the baby prefers “dad or pop,” to which the child, crying, replies: “Mama.” At this point, the men burst out laughing and say, “No, there is no mama. You have Dada and Pop.” They couldn’t care less about the ordeal of the boy who was taken from his own mother to fulfill their selfish desires. This child will never know the warmth, love, and care of a mother because it fell victim to modern-day human trafficking, which is a direct result of implementing the LGBT lobby’s agenda. This is exactly what the world looks like in a country that failed to stop the ideological march of LGBT activists in time…
Gender ideologues have a fixed plan… and are implementing it in Poland
The sequence is almost always the same. First, “status of a closest person.” Then “civil partnerships.” Next, treating foreign same-sex unions as “marriages.” And finally—a complete redefinition of marriage and parenthood, leading to the recognition that the presence of a mother or father in a child’s life is entirely optional.
This leads to the rejection of a fundamental truth: children have the right to their own mother and father. They must not be treated as a commodity that can be bought. No child should lose their mother or father so that an adult can fulfill their desire.
Although for years it seemed that Poland remained outside this trend, today it is increasingly clear that a similar mechanism is starting to operate here as well.
At the end of April, the Provincial Administrative Court in Lublin ordered that a Portuguese “marriage” certificate for two women be entered into the Polish civil status register. Similar rulings had previously been handed down by the courts in Gorzów Wielkopolski and Olsztyn. Now, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that he has instructed the Minister of Digital Affairs and the Minister of the Interior and Administration to prepare the text of a regulation concerning the transcription of so-called same-sex marriages entered into outside Poland.
The aforementioned rulings are a direct consequence of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which in November 2025 held that Poland is required to recognize as a marriage the union of two same-sex EU citizens that is recognized as a marriage in another EU country. The EU Court thereby exceeded its authority, since the Member States have never conferred on the EU competence in the area of marriage and family law.
The recognition of this judgment means that any Polish couple consisting of two men or two women can now go, for example, to Görlitz, on the other side of the Polish border with Germany, get “married” there, and then take a stroll to Zgorzelec, on the Polish side, to demand recognition of their “marriage” at the local civil registry office and receive, from our taxes, all the tax breaks, benefits, and privileges that in Poland are reserved only for marriages—benefits that even heterosexual cohabiting couples cannot count on today. Poland’s public social insurance institution ZUS has already announced that it will treat same-sex unions formalized abroad exactly the same as marriages…
And that’s just the beginning of the consequences. If “gay marriages” are to enjoy all the privileges of marriage, then it is obvious that—sooner or later—the adoption of children will also be added to those privileges, under the banners of “equality” and combating “discrimination”.
If we don’t mobilize to defend marriage and family today, then soon the tragedies of children, deliberately deprived of the love of a mother or a father in the name of satisfying the desires of two men or two women, will also become commonplace in Poland.
Ordo Iuris lawyers on the front lines in the battle for the Polish family
We know this is a crucial moment in this battle, so we’re not standing idly by.
Just in the last few weeks:
- We took part in the public consultations on the draft regulation prepared by the Ministry of Digital Affairs, under which the government wants to remove the words “man” and “woman” from marriage certificates and replace them with the terms “first spouse” and “second spouse” (to make it technically possible to implement the CJEU judgment). In our analysis, we demonstrated that the draft is inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, the Family and Guardianship Code, and the Principles of Legislative Technique.
- The Ministry of the Interior and Administration, in its comments on the transcription of foreign “marriage” certificates, cited arguments from the Ordo Iuris analysis.
- We submitted an amicus brief to the judges of the Constitutional Tribunal in the case concerning the recognition as a marriage of a same-sex union that is treated as a marriage in another EU Member State. In it, we remind the judges of the Constitutional Tribunal that the constitutional status of marriage is among the non-transferable powers, and that the CJEU judgment is a usurpation by EU judges of powers not granted to them.
- We have been monitoring the administration’s actions and preparing legal action in the event that benefits owed to married couples are paid out to same-sex couples. Should that occur, we will notify the public prosecutor’s office of a possible offense of abuse of power.
Regardless of that, last year we published a book titled In Defense of Marriage, with all the right arguments in one publication. We have also published a range of legal commentaries and opinion pieces, launched online petitions, appeared in the media, at conferences and debates, and created accessible infographics and popular social media content. We also participate in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The President vetoes a harmful bill, in accordance with the recommendation of Ordo Iuris
Our work delivers real results.
The best evidence of this is President Karol Nawrocki’s decision to veto the government’s bill on out-of-court divorces, which was intended to allow childless spouses to obtain an “express” dissolution of marriage without going through the courts.
In justifying his decision, the President cited arguments that appeared in the Ordo Iuris analysis we submitted to the Chancellery of the President. Karol Nawrocki said outright that “the recommendations of experts were important in making this decision,” pointing to the support of members of the Council for Family and Demography advising the President, of which I have the honor to be a member.
Our experts have been monitoring the work on the project from the very beginning and drawing attention to the risks associated with it. As recently as last year, representatives of Ordo Iuris attended a nationwide academic conference organized by the Association of Civil Registry Officials of the Republic of Poland.
In December, we prepared a legal analysis of a government bill, and in January, its extension to include a social and sociological perspective concerning the effects of introducing “express” or “fast-track” divorces.
The arguments from both analyses were included in the opinion submitted to the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, along with an appeal to veto the bill. We also launched an online petition calling for a veto.
Together, we can defend the identity of the Polish family.
There is no doubt that today we are at a pivotal moment in the battle to defend the Polish family.
Although granting same-sex couples the privileges of marriage was one of the promises of Donald Tusk’s government, we have so far managed to successfully block its implementation. Now the attack on marriage and the family has been carried out through the courts and international tribunals, where today the main battle over the future of the Polish family is being fought.
Defending the dignity of the institution of marriage is in everyone’s interest. Children raised by their married parents are significantly less likely to engage in violence, aggression, or theft, and are less likely to fall into alcoholism and drug addiction, while the spouses themselves exhibit higher levels of happiness, are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Despite this, marriage remains under constant attack…
Atty. Rafał Dorosiński—Member of the Board of Ordo Iuris
Source of cover photo: Ordo Iuris
