Corpus Christi Procession Parodied during Gdansk Equality March

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Poland
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Gdansk
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  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
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  • Faith
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  • Political
  • Private
  • Radical Left
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  • Governmental
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  • Insult or Incitement
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  • No
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During the May 25th Tri-City Equality March in Gdansk, which was organized by the LGBT communities, the Catholic tradition of Corpus Christi processions was parodied. A group of people in multicolored costumes with rainbow halos were supposed to imitate the typical attire of a statue of the Virgin Mary. Each of them held on to a ribbon attached to a highly provocative sign depicting a crowned vagina where in Catholic Corpus Christi processions the Blessed Sacrament (a consecrated host) would be. A person dressed in white, imitating a priest, was holding the sign. The city's mayor participated and gave an opening speech at the march, calling it an honor to open the event.

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