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{{Infobox Political Party 
|country = Poland
|name = RACJA Polskiej Lewicy 
|logo =  
|colorcode = #000000 
|leader = Jan Cedzyński 
|foundation = 8 August 2002 
|dissolution = 23 November 2013
|merged = [[Your Movement]]
|ideology = [[Social democracy]]<br />[[Anti-clericalism]]
|position = [[Centre-left]]
|headquarters = ul. Emilii Plater 55/81, 00-113 [[Warsaw]] 
|international =  
|website = [http://www.racja.eu www.racja.eu] 
}}
'''Reason of the Polish Left''', or '''Reason Party''' ({{langx|pl|RACJA Polskiej Lewicy}}; RACJA; ''RACJA PL''), was an [[Anti-clericalism|anti-clerical]]<ref name="WaeleEscalona2013">{{cite book|author1=Jean-Michel de Waele|author2=Fabien Escalona|author3=Mathieu Vieira|title=The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUNmAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA524|date=25 October 2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-29380-0|pages=524–}}</ref> minor [[List of political parties in Poland|political party in Poland]]. It was registered on 8 August 2002, as the "Anticlerical Party of Progress REASON" (''Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu RACJA'', ''APP RACJA'') and adopted its later name on 14 January 2006.
[[File:RACJA_Polskiej_Lewicy_Manifestacja_w_Toruniu.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Anti-clerical demonstration in [[Toruń]], 2008]]
The party opposed the involvement of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in state affairs, the teaching of [[religion]] in [[school]]s, and state financial support for the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in Poland.

The Party believed in the [[separation of church and state]], the promotion of the role of [[women]] in public life, the introduction of [[sex education]] in schools, state support for [[contraception]], legalized [[abortion]] and [[euthanasia]], tolerance toward [[minority group|social minorities]], and the legal recognition of same-sex relationships through [[civil union]]s.

The Party supported free [[universal health care|public health care]], an increase in [[tax revenue]]s, improvement in economic conditions for businesses, and reduction of [[unemployment]]. The Party supported Poland’s membership in [[NATO]].

In June 2005 the Party endorsed Senator [[Maria Szyszkowska]] as its candidate in the [[2005 Polish presidential election|2005 presidential election]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.racja.org.pl/ RACJA Polskiej Lewicy]

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[[Category:Anti-clerical parties]]
[[Category:Defunct social democratic parties in Poland]]
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[[Category:Political parties established in 2002]]
[[Category:Secularism in Poland]]

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