Spanish women charged with religious offence after they carried a plastic vagina though a city to protest homophobia

Three feminist protesters have found themselves in trouble with the law after they marched through the Spanish city of Seville carrying a huge plastic vagina during a workers’ demonstration in May 2014 to protest against homophobia. They could be hit with jail time after the protest was deemed a religious hate crime.

The women are accused of offending ‘religious sentiments’. Acts which offend ‘the sentiments of members of a religious group’ carry a fine – meaning the women could be jailed for eight to 12 months.

During the procession, they carried rosary beads and wore face veils…