Polish president issues campaign pledge to fight 'LGBT ideology'

Andrzej Duda launches family charter' to appeal to base as race tightens in run-up to election

Gay rights and homophobia are likely to be major issues in Poland's delayed presidential election after the frontrunner pledged to defend children from LGBT ideology".

Andrzej Duda, the incumbent president, who is allied with the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, made the pledge while launching a so-called family charter", in what appears to be a move to energise the party's conservative base as polls showed his lead narrowing.