Christian MP Convicted of "Hate Crime" for Quoting Bible Verse - LifeNews.com
Päivi Räsänen, a Christian lawmaker and Member of Parliament from Finland was convicted Thursday of a hate crime for a 2004 church pamphlet citing biblical teaching on human sexuality.
The conviction came even as the nation’s Supreme Court unanimously cleared her of charges for quoting the same Scripture on social media.
Räsänen, a member of Parliament with the Christian Democrats since 1995 and a former interior minister who is solidly pro-life, and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola were found guilty in a 3-2 split decision under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code.
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The conviction stems from the pamphlet “Male and Female He Created Them,” which Räsänen wrote and Pohjola published for their church.
The court ruled that they had made available to the public “opinions that insult homosexuals as a group on the basis of their sexual orientation.”
Justices acknowledged the content …
Canada is next for such evil laws.
The terrible anti-Christian law has already been passed as Bill C-9. Don’t be Canada.