Former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa last week lashed out at openly LGBT elected officials, saying they deserve to be
separated from the rest of the national parliament "behind a wall."
"They have to know that they are a minority and must adjust to smaller
things," Walesa said during a television interview. Parliamentary
leaders responded by temporarily moving two openly gay and transgender
members to the front row, a position of honor. The Victory Fund’s Chuck
Wolfe called the comments, "as sad as they are outrageous," given
Walesa’s history as a champion for democracy.