In Finland, Paivi Rasanen, a legislator, stated her Biblical beliefs on line. She is now on trial for “agitation against a minority group.”<\/p>\n
On September 2nd, WND<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n In a trial, she was acquitted of the charges months ago, but prosecutors demanded that an appeals panel deliver to them a favorable decision in the case, insisting that she must be punished.<\/strong><\/p>\n This week, the Helsinki Court of Appeal finished a two-day hearing on the case that was triggered by her online statement about the Bible, as well as her part in creating a brochure that talks about the Bible.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Decision report explained, “In 2019, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2014a medical doctor and mother of five\u2014posted a tweet in which she asked the leadership of her church why they would sponsor the Helsinki Pride parade, and she attached a photo with verses from Romans 1. Years earlier in 2004, she had written a pamphlet on marriage and sexuality titled ‘Male and Female He Created Them.\u201d’And during a radio program, she also upheld the biblical view of marriage and sexuality.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Police, not about the tolerate those beliefs, did an investigation that included interrogating her for 13 hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n In a press conference after the trial, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen said: \u201cIt has been a long two days at the court of appeals. When I was voted into Parliament in 1995, I expected that I would face many challenges. But I never would imagine that I would face a criminal trial for posting a Bible verse and sharing my Christian convictions online.”<\/strong><\/p>\n WND reported<\/a> when 16 members of Congress released a letter calling on U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey to oppose the “egregious and harassing” by Finnish authorities of a Christian member of their parliament.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 16 House members said in the letter the R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s case \u201cis dead set on weaponizing the power of Finland\u2019s legal system to silence not just a member of parliament\u2026but millions of Finnish Christians who dare to exercise their natural rights to freedom of expression and freedom of religion in the public square.”<\/strong><\/p>\n It continued, “It is abundantly clear\u2014the process is the punishment.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank God for the wisdom of our Founding Fathers when they authored The First Amendment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Finland, Paivi Rasanen, a legislator, stated her Biblical beliefs on line. She is now on trial for “agitation against a minority group.” On September 2nd, WND reported: In a trial, she was acquitted of the charges months ago, but … Continue reading