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Finnish Supreme Court Convicts MP Päivi Räsänen Over 20-Year-Old Bible Pamphlet

A chilling precedent. David Strom explains: Finnish Supreme Court has ruled that Swedish MP Päivi Räsänen, who was leader of the Christian Democrats and a former Minister of the Interior, is criminally guilty for having written and published a pamphlet in 2004 that argued that changing the Lutheran Church’s position on homosexuality contradicted God’s will. Holding this belief has been ruled a “Crime Against Humanity.” Seriously (Hot Air). Our nation’s Assistant Secretary of State Riley Barnes: Holding Christian beliefs isn’t a crime. Finland’s “hate speech” conviction of MP Päivi Räsänen – for simply writing a pamphlet defending the Bible – shows the tragic state of religious freedom in the West. The United States stands opposed to these ideological attacks against the Christian faith (Barnes). Alliance Defending Freedom called it a ‘modern-day heresy trial’: The high-profile trial received significant global attention, particularly after the prosecution attacked core Christian teachings and cross-examined Räsänen and the Bishop on their theology (ADF).