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"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. The posters used rainbows as halos in an image of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus. Their aim wa...

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 courtroom, chanting slogans such as “A secular, not Catholic Poland” and “The rainbow does not offend...

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 popular polish publication Wyborcza.pl, the three women are facing up to two years of prison for offendin...

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