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Majority-Catholic Poland has some of the strictest defamation laws of any democratic country, which includes laws defaming the Catholic Church. For many artists, this has meant years of legal trouble, including threats of jail time.

In the ruin of today's churches people are engaging the great questions. And out of that several pedagogies of the oppressed are emerging.

Elżbieta Podleśna © Marta Frej ‘offending religious beliefs’ with Virgin Mary image Authorities must stop using criminal justice system to target human rights activists ‘They had risked up to two years in prison simply for standing up for LGBTI rights in a climate of hate and discrimination in Poland’ - Catrinel Motoc Three Polish human rights activists have been acquitted today of charges of “offending religious beliefs” after they pasted up posters depicting the Virgin Mary ...

The posters, which they distributed in the city of Plock in 2019, were meant to protest what was seen as the hostility of Poland’s influential Catholic church toward LGBTQ people.

Polish LGBT rights activists gather outside a court which acquitted three women who faced trial on accusations of desecration, in Plock, Poland, Tuesday March 2, 2021. A Polish court has acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration for adding the LGBT rainbow to images of a revered Roman Catholic icon. In posters that they put up in protest in their city of Plock, the activists used the rainbow in place of halos on a revered image of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Cz...

"This is a triumph for the LGBT+ resistance movement in the most homophobic country of the European Union, the Love Does Not Exclude group said.

Polish court acquits LGBT activists in rainbow Virgin Mary case Judges ruled that the activists did not commit a crime by producing and distributing images of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus with rainbow halos. Watch video 04:14 Polish rainbow halo activists acquitted A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who were accused of desecration and offending religious sentiment for altering, producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon that included the LGBT rainbow. ...

Credit: Unsplash. CNA Staff, Jan 20, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA).- The trial of three activists who distributed posters depicting Poland’s Black Madonna icon with a rainbow halo will resume next month following a tumultuous opening hearing. Three women — Elżbieta Podleśna, Anna Prus, and Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar — went on trial on Jan. 13 accused of offending religious feelings, a crime punishable in Poland by up to two years in prison. A crowd of mainly young people gathered outside the courtro...

Three Polish women face up to two years in jail for LGBTQ+ friendly poster “I do not consider my action offensive, I was confirmed by many active Catholics who denied any offensive character.” Three LGBTQ+ activists in Poland have been put on trial for carrying posters that showcased the Virgin Mary and Jesus with rainbow halos. Back in April 2019 Elżbieta Podleśna, Anna Prus, and Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar Podleśna carried the posters during a peaceful Pride protest. According to the popula...

The activists could face up to two years in prison if convicted on charges of offending religious sentiment and desecration of Polands most revered icon, the Mother of God of Czestochowa.