Nothing like a hot coffee, fresh muffin and OUTING on live tv to start the day.

What's the easiest way to go from a single country equality minister to a worldwide shocking news story? (no joke, this made headlines in the US) Out a Politician on LIVE TELEVISION! Yay for stupidity!!

Elzbieta Radziszewska, Poland's equality minister, who recently gave an interview in which she declared her belief that Catholic schools should be allowed to terminate gay and lesbian teachers, outed the gay politician on live television last week. The man, Krzysztof Smiszek, deputy president of the Polish Society of Anti-Discrimination Law, was appearing alongside her on a program at the time of the outing.

Reports AP News:

The pair were arguing about her remarks on gay teachers when Ms Radziszewska used Mr Smiszek as an example of why cases should be treated individually.

According to the Warsaw Business Journal, she said: “If, for example, Mr Smiszek, in a situation when we know that he is a member of the homosexual society and an activist for the Campaign Against Homophobia and it's no secret who his partner is…”

Ms Radziszewska was asked by the program's presenters whether she should be on the other side of the argument but she apparently said that was the way she saw it. She later apologized but said Mr Smiszek's sexual orientation could "be discovered on the internet." Because as we all know, ANYTHING you read on the internet HAS to be true, and therefore legitimate to use as factual evidence on morning television.

Well, it's no surprise that Smiszek plans to SUE the woman for every penny an equality minister makes. (And am I the only one questioning her job title after this? EQUALITY minister?) She's since been accused of homophobia. I personally accuse her of road rage. Because she was obviously driving erratically when she hit that squirrel on the highway and skinned it to make into a wig. But I digress.

“This is pure homophobia,” Smiszek told daily Gazeta Wyborcza on Tuesday. “In no other EU country would such a person still hold their post. I do not hide my sexual orientation, but it's my private business. My personal rights have been violated.”

Radziszewska has reportedly apologized to Smiszek but also stands by her previously stated bigoted opinions.

You can watch the video of the duo's appearance on the aforementioned Polish broadcast, but be warned that I was unable to find a clip with an english translation. It's still worth a gander just to see that dead squirrel.