Posted on 04/07/2023 7:08:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
A former Finnish Interior Minister prosecuted for tweeting a Bible verse has been re-elected to Parliament in national elections. But Päivi Räsänen told Premier Christian News "a time of persecution" may be coming after news she faces renewed prosecution in the courts.
Ms Räsänen is a member of the Finnish Christian Democrats, who were elected with five seats, after increasing their vote to four per cent under an electoral system which uses proportional representation.
"I am very happy", she told Premier on the outcome of the elections. "It's possible we will enter negotiations about participating in the new government. I am hopeful," she added.
The Finnish conservative National Coalition Party of Petteri Orpo came first, with 20.8 per cent in a close-run three-way election contest ahead of the Social Democrats, led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin. The right-wing populist Finns Party won a record 20.1 per cent.
Finland's multi-party system requires cooperation and a coalition to form a majority government in the Parliament.
"The result of the Christian Democrats' parliamentary elections is the best since 2007, and the total number of ballots is the fourth-best result in KD's history, with 131,368 votes", commented party chairman Sari Essayah.
According to Ms Räsänen, the last time the Christian Democrats were in government was as part of an alliance led by the National Coalition Party.
Ms Räsänen came to prominence in 2019 when she took to Twitter to express concern that her church was hosting a Pride parade. In her tweet, she referenced the Bible.
For this, she was charged with "hate speech," tried under Finnish criminal law, but unanimously acquitted this time last year.
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So in the near future, the story of the destruction of the city of Sodom will be considered homophobic, and a hate crime.
Isnt their judgment of my religion also a hate crime?
They don’t even know or belong to the religion. They cant even put anything into the correct context being an outsider.
The Bible is considered ‘hate speech’ by the tolerant left. Truth itself, whatever form it takes scientific or religious, is too much for the inclusive and diverse crowd to accept. So they are demanding government protect them by forcing everyone to agree with them or else.
Sodom and Gomorrah were described in the Torah.
The Torah is Jewish text.
Just tell the judge he’s being anti-Semitic, not just anti-Christian.
So there...you have a hate crime.
Cognitive dissonance.
And meanwhile, Finland just joined NATO. Coincidence?
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The smiling faced “inclusive” tyrants of the west. They will gladly destroy you if you have wrong-think.
The left only respects FAKE Jews (the Baal/Moloch worshippers), they have no respect for authentic Judaism that was the ancestor of Christianity.
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