A majority of Poles accept civil unions, but they are reluctant to give rights to same-sex couples, a survey by pollster CBOS found.

According to the survey, 85 percent of Poles can accept extending marriage-similar legal rights to opposite-sex couples that are not married. However, only 33 percent favor giving such rights to same-sex couples. Interestingly though, this percentage grew by eight points since the last such study, which was conducted in 2010.

As many as 87 percent of the respondents disapprove of child adoption by homosexual couples, 83 percent consider same-sex relationships unnatural, and only 25 percent claim that they know someone who is homosexual.

A majority of Poles favor granting unmarried opposite-sex couples rights such as the right to inherit, to benefit from a partner's health insurance and to be able to bury a deceased partner.

Poland A.M.