mo4ch:>Polish LGBT rights activist arrested for coloring ‘Our Lady’ icon in gay pride rainbow | Mo4ch News

A Polish anti-government activist has been arrested for allegedly offending religious beliefs. She is accused of altering the image of a treasured icon by coloring the halos of baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary in an LGBT rainbow.The brief arrest and threat of prosecution, which may land Elzbieta Podlesna in jail for up to two years, gained national attention, once again pitting Poland’s conservative government against its liberal-minded citizens.The conflict stems from a complaint filed with police in late April about the discovery of profanely-altered images of one of the most treasured Christian works in Poland – the Black Madonna of Czestochowa. It’s an old icon of Virgin Mary, which is believed to originate from Byzantium and considered a national symbol. Posters found in in the city of Plock showed it with LGBT rainbow colors drawn over the halos of Mary and baby Jesus, the police said in a statement.The investigation quickly pinpointed a likely source of the altered image, but the…