After the collapse of the communist regime he co-founded the Centre for Political Thought, which combines research, teaching, seminars and conferences and is also a publishing house.

[3] Sued in 2010 for violation of personal rights by calling students who demanded removal of Christian symbols from a public school "unruly brats spoiled by their parents", he asked for a dismissal of the case based on his immunity as a member of European Parliament.

"[8] He has argued that "homophobia" is "a stick with which you beat people who dare to raise any kind of objection" and "a totally fictitious problem" and claimed that "Christians are the group that have been most discriminated against".

[9] The Alexander Hamilton Forum at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA, invited Legutko to give a lecture on his book The Demon in Democracy on 17 April 2019.

[11] Student activists planned to hold "a celebration of queer identity" outside the lecture venue, with placards, pamphlets, music and a dance party.