She's Not Guilty, and the Finns attacking her should be hanging from trees.
Posted on 10/29/2025 2:39:22 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
A Finnish politician and former Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen will face Finland’s Supreme Court on 30 October, marking the seventh year of a “hate speech” case over her public expression of Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality.
Räsänen, who has twice been unanimously acquitted alongside Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola, was charged in 2021 with “agitation against a minority group” after quoting the Bible in a 2019 tweet, a radio debate and a 2004 pamphlet.
The tweet questioned the Finnish Lutheran Church’s support for the Helsinki Pride event, asking: “How can the Church’s doctrinal foundation, the Bible, be compatible with the lifting up of shame and sin as a subject of pride?”. She included an image of Romans 1:24–27, which speaks about same-sex relations.
Speaking ahead of the trial Räsänen said: “In a free society, it should never be a crime to share a Bible verse or express beliefs rooted in faith. The burden of the legal ordeal of the past few years has been challenging, but I remain hopeful that justice will prevail — not only for me, but for the wider principle of free speech in Finland. No one should face criminal charges for peacefully voicing their convictions.”
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)'s Paul Coleman called the case “shocking”, adding: “Vaguely worded ‘hate speech’ laws allow ideological prosecutions like this to take place.”
The defence argues that punishing Räsänen for citing Scripture would effectively criminalise the Bible itself.
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Exactly what the Left envisions for us here...and if Democrats had just won a couple more national elections over the past decade, is probably where we would be by now.
She's Not Guilty, and the Finns attacking her should be hanging from trees.
The prosecution appealed?
So quoting the Bible is hate speech??? Europe is lost.
Our Dear NATO allies - united in globalist Neo-marxism.
“So she’s just going to be prosecuted/persecuted until the desired outcome is achieved.“
If you remember the EU would hold referendum after referendum, failing until finally people in target countries would be fatigued into compliance and vote “yes”.
So is Kanada. Thou shall’t not discuss poofters from the pulpit.
No free speech in Finlandia
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