Czech politician quits over gay, Jewish comments

Dan82 · Apr 2, 2010

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040102047.html

Derogatory comments by the Czech Republic's former prime minister about Jews, gays and the Catholic Church led Thursday to his resignation as chairman of his conservative political party.

Mirek Topolanek had been under strong pressure from within his Civic Democratic Party to step down following the comments to the editorial staff of the gay magazine Lui. He announced last week that he would not lead his party's campaign in a May 28-29 election or run as a candidate.

Topolanek's were made came during an informal conversation with editorial staff of the magazine and were not meant for publication. A video of the meeting was leaked to other media, however...
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Just Adam · Apr 2, 2010

good

nickmc · Apr 5, 2010

Clearly making controversial comments like this is not unusual for him so I'm glad his party have pressured him into stepping down :dry:

Sucks for Slamdeka or whatever his name is, if he's been publicly outed in order for this to happen though...

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