Around 14 million young Poles have signed a petition to cancel a concert by American pop singer Madonna scheduled for 1 August in Poland’s capital, Warsaw.
“I am not going to Madonna’s concert,” a group of young Poles said after signing a petition to cancel the U.S. singer’s upcoming concert in Poland as part of a world tour to promote her new “MDNA” album.
The concert is scheduled to take place on 1 August in the Polish capital, Warsaw. The news was reported by a website dedicated to the protest (http://protestuj.pl/).
A communiqué published ont he website reads: “We strongly protest against the promotion of this “star”. We do not want her to perform in the National Stadium, which was built with our money.”
Young Poles said the protest is not just a response to the offensive attitude Madonna shows against the Catholic faith in her performances, “insulting Jesus Christ”, or to her unacceptable use of Christian symbols in some of her acts. It is also because “she promotes homosexuality, voluptuousness when kissing other women and pornography through certain gestures and indecent poses she uses.”
Another reason given for the protest is that the concert will be held on 1 August, an extremely important date for the Poles as it commemorates the rise of the people of Warsaw against the Nazi occupation in 1944.
“Yet again, Madonna wants to mock the Polish people,” the protest communiqué read. Her last concert was held on the same day as the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, on 15 August 2009.