Ladislav Bátora, the Czech Education Ministry head of human resources whose appointment sparked outrage among human rights activists due to his ties to a far-right party, has co-authored a letter to US Ambassador Norman Eisen condemning the American embassy’s support for Prague Pride, the capital’s upcoming first gay and lesbian festival and parade. It was the latest salvo in the escalating war of words over the event, which President Václav Klaus has called a worrying show of “homosexualism.”