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Christian politician formally charged over views on marriage and sexuality
Christianity Today ^ | April 30, 2021 | Staff

Posted on 05/03/2021 8:22:08 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

Finland's Prosecutor General has formally charged a Christian MP after she expressed a traditional view on marriage and sexuality.

Päivi Räsänen, the country's former Minister of the Interior, is accused of "hate speech" over her comments in a 2004 pamphlet, a 2018 TV show and a recent tweet.

Three charges have been brought against Räsänen, each carrying a two-year prison sentence.

The 61-year-old was first questioned by police in 2019 after she criticised the Finnish Lutheran Church - of which she is a member - over its official support for an LGBT Pride event.

Following the decision by the Prosecutor General to bring formal charges, the 61-year-old said she would not stop sharing her views.

(Excerpt) Read more at christiantoday.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bible; finland; homofascism; homosexuality; hpmofascism; marriage; transgender
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“In a time of universal deceit, speaking the truth is a revolutionary act” - George Orwell
1 posted on 05/03/2021 8:22:08 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
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To: Jan_Sobieski

She’s a hero for standing up for God’s Truth!

We’d best prepare ourselves mentally for the same here in this insane country.


2 posted on 05/03/2021 8:23:36 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Child abuse should be charges against these infidels to logic and science.


3 posted on 05/03/2021 8:24:28 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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4 posted on 05/03/2021 8:25:09 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I bet if you look into the personal lives of the people who made that law they are filled with perverse acts. That is the reason for the law, to make it possible for them to do things otherwise not considered good.

Pedophilia next to be thought of as perfectly ok.


5 posted on 05/03/2021 8:28:49 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Finland/Democrap party. one and the same.


6 posted on 05/03/2021 8:29:58 AM PDT by sappy (criminaldems)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

They won’t come right out and say that being Christian is now a crime.


7 posted on 05/03/2021 8:35:38 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Non-binary transnormativity is a construct of intersectionality. Leftist gobbledegook stinks.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Note to self, Finland is not a place to escape to.


8 posted on 05/03/2021 8:40:31 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I have no intention of wasting away in a prison cell for speaking God’s truth. I have no use for a government, country or life that revels in the persecution of Christians. If all Christians were meant to go quietly into the night then surely I would have never been born.


9 posted on 05/03/2021 8:49:03 AM PDT by Ajnin (Don't be a pansy, embrace the fireball.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Coming to a town near you soon.


10 posted on 05/03/2021 8:49:20 AM PDT by Kevmo (The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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Isaiah 54:17

17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.


11 posted on 05/03/2021 9:02:35 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan ( )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Any Christians rioting and burning cities over this injustice or are they all too busy turning the other cheek?


12 posted on 05/03/2021 9:02:42 AM PDT by aquila48 (o not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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So we are right to condemn those who by their tongue judge us falsely?

Perhaps it is time to get busy....


13 posted on 05/03/2021 9:18:57 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Finland is - or was - the most Lutheran country in the world.

Frankly, American Lutherans are not handling the current political psychosis any better.

Lutheran Services (formerly Lutheran Social Services) gets like 90% of its budget from the federal government to re-settle illegal immigrants in every state in America!

14 posted on 05/03/2021 10:25:33 AM PDT by zeestephen
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Fascism spreads far and wide. But these folks were allies of Hitler and Communist Russia so some things change very slowly or not at all.


15 posted on 05/03/2021 10:37:18 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
We’d best prepare ourselves mentally for the same here in this insane country.

It is absolutely coming to America. People are going to have to choose between living and eternal death vs losing everything for Eternal Life.

16 posted on 05/03/2021 10:42:21 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Finland has always been pro gay. Don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Tom of Finland but Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist known for his stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and for his influence on late-20th century gay culture.


17 posted on 05/03/2021 10:54:35 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

In England, a Free Methodist pastor has been charged with “hate speech” for advocating a Biblical position on marriage. England is much closer to us culturally than is Finland. The trends are not encouraging.


18 posted on 05/03/2021 11:01:23 AM PDT by Wallace T. ( )
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This is coming here sooner or later.


19 posted on 05/03/2021 11:48:04 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: Wallace T.

Agreed.
Things are headed that way here without a doubt.
Despotic Dems will make it happen.


20 posted on 05/03/2021 3:20:41 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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