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Thousands march for family values in Warsaw

19.06.2023 07:30
Thousands of people took to the streets of Warsaw and other Polish cities at the weekend to voice support for family values and oppose abortion and euthanasia, news outlets have reported.
Marchers in Warsaw on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
Marchers in Warsaw on Sunday, June 18, 2023.Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell

This year's March for Life and Family in the Polish capital aimed to highlight the importance of children in society, broadcaster TVP reported.

Participants called for traditional Christian values to be upheld while opposing same-sex marriages, it said.

Paweł Ozdoba, a spokesman for the organizers, told reporters that the marchers sought to promote the view that "children are the future of the nation" and "a gift, not a burden" to parents and society.

Ozdoba has previously said that the annual march, which is now in its 18th year, is "a response to the crisis afflicting marriage and family," state news agency PAP reported.

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Source: IAR, PAP, TVP