+ info: Hyperallergic.com
Early Monday morning, Polish authorities raided the home of Elżbieta Podlesna and questioned her for several hours on suspicion that the human rights activist was “offending religious beliefs” — a blasphemy charge that carries a two-year maximum sentence.
The alleged crime? Distributing posters bearing an image of the Virgin Mary with her halo painted in the rainbow colors of the LGBTQ pride flag in the central Polish city of Płock.
