Polish police say a woman put up posters of the revered Black Madonna that showed the Virgin Mary and Jesus with rainbows from the LGBT flag as the halos. Now she could face two years in prison for offending religious feelings.
Police claim that Podlesna, 51, put up the posters in the small city of Płock, Poland. And they say they found even more posters when they searched her car and home.Podlesna was detained by authorities as she returned from an Amnesty International advocacy tour.As a result of the searches, prosecutors are charging her with offending religious feelings. And those charges mean Podlesna faces up to two years in prison if found guilty.
"[She] has not admitted to committing the crime," her lawyer, Radoslaw Baszuk, tells CNN."That does not mean that she did not deny participation in this event."But police say they're just applying the law like they've done in previous incidents.The original Black Madonna.The poster has drawn fierce opposition across Poland, where the depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus is iconic and revered by Catholics.
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