{"id":1459906,"date":"2022-05-02T08:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459906"},"modified":"2022-05-02T08:01:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:01:54","slug":"finnish-prosecutor-will-keep-prosecuting-christian-politician-for-quoting-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finnish-prosecutor-will-keep-prosecuting-christian-politician-for-quoting-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Prosecutor Will Keep Prosecuting Christian Politician For Quoting The Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinnish-prosecutor-will-keep-prosecuting-christian-politician-for-quoting-the-bible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/paiviadfvideo.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Finland\u2019s top prosecutor announced Friday she will appeal a unanimous court decision rejecting her allegations of \u201chate speech\u201d against a Christian politician for quoting the Bible on Twitter. This means Member of Parliament Paivi Rasanen, who has already spent three years being investigated, interrogated, and prosecuted by her government, must now keep fighting in court so that Christianity stays legal in Finland, and possibly all of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prosecutor\u2019s decision to appeal the acquittal verdict may lead to the case going all the way to the Supreme Court, giving the possibility of securing precedent protecting freedom of speech and religion for all Finnish people. Also I am happy that this decision will lead to the discussion of the teaching in Bible continuing in Finnish society. I am ready to defend freedom of speech and religion in all necessary courts, and as far as the European Court of Human rights,\u201d Rasanen wrote in a Friday statement in English, a second language.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Finnish court that ultimately ruled in her favor on March 30, Rasanen\u2019s lawyers argued that applying Finland\u2019s identity privilege laws as the prosecutor general wished would effectively outlaw Christianity in Finland. The prosecutor argued Rasanen broke Finland\u2019s hate speech law on three counts: by tweeting a picture of Bible verses during a public debate about whether Finland\u2019s state church should support a homosexual event; by expressing Christian theology during a radio debate; and by writing a booklet called \u201cMale and Female He Created Them\u201d about Christianity\u2019s teachings that God makes men and women different and those biological differences matter.<\/p>\n<p>The Lutheran bishop who published Rasanen\u2019s booklet is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/23\/in-case-with-global-implications-finland-puts-christians-on-trial-for-their-faith\/\">also being prosecuted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finland\u2019s prosecutor general argues that Rasanen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola\u2019s public explanation of Christianity\u2019s views about the sexes amounts to treating homosexuals as inferior. Rasanen says this and similar claims by the prosecutor <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/14\/finnish-christian-on-trial-for-quoting-the-bible-on-twitter-god-is-working\/\">are false and defamatory<\/a>, as Christianity teaches that every person is both a sinner and loved infinitely by God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prosecutor claims in this appeal that I said in the 2004 pamphlet that \u2018all homosexuals are and should be regarded as inferior\u2019; in fact, I have never said that and I do not hold that view now or in the past,\u201d Rasanen wrote in her April 29 statement. \u201cOn the contrary, in the pamphlet, I state that \u2018According to the Christian concept of humanity, everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, is equal and of equal value.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most European nations have \u201chate speech\u201d laws similar to Finland\u2019s, Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer Paul Coleman told The Federalist in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/25\/finnish-government-puts-christianity-on-trial-calls-the-bible-hate-speech\/\">previous interviews<\/a> about this case. This means if courts accept the prosecutor\u2019s arguments, this interpretation of identity privilege laws could lead to banning Christianity in Europe. It would also effectively outlaw free speech on a continent that historically originated and strongly protected that ideal as a natural human right.<\/p>\n<p>Many U.S. states and cities have similar identity privilege laws that can be used to curtail Americans\u2019 First Amendment-protected rights to free speech and religious exercise. The U.S. Democrat Party wants to nationalize such speech restrictions by passing a bill they call the Equality Act.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"bZzxKD196efQjRHXNmlaPx8PAgMkO7OVlZSsi1yfC4uB8bI7vGo06YgjLpcYCuqDk2TWyQsVqmN0\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist, a happy wife, and the mother of six children. <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iX1dsZnedpJjPMoP7\">Sign up here to get early access<\/a> to her next ebook, &#8220;101 Strategies For Living Well Amid Inflation.&#8221; Her bestselling ebook is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/R1JL\">Classic Books for Young Children<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Pullmann identifies as native American and gender natural. She is also the author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Education-Invasion-Parents-Control-American\/dp\/1594038813\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1486730068&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=education+invasion\">The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids<\/a>,&#8221; from Encounter Books. In 2013-14 she won a Robert Novak journalism fellowship for in-depth reporting on Common Core national education mandates. <\/p>\n<p>Joy is a grateful graduate of the Hillsdale College honors and journalism programs.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finland\u2019s top prosecutor announced Friday she will appeal a unanimous court decision rejecting her allegations of \u201chate speech\u201d against a Christian politician for quoting the Bible on Twitter. 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