{"id":2006259,"date":"2023-08-20T12:55:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granny-faces-second-hate-speech-trial-for-tweeting-bible-verses-dignity-of-homosexuals-must-be-protected-finnish-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T12:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:56:39","slug":"granny-faces-second-hate-speech-trial-for-tweeting-bible-verses-dignity-of-homosexuals-must-be-protected-finnish-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granny-faces-second-hate-speech-trial-for-tweeting-bible-verses-dignity-of-homosexuals-must-be-protected-finnish-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"Granny on Second Trial for Tweeting Bible Verses, Protecting Homosexuals&#8217; Dignity: Finnish Prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fgranny-faces-second-hate-speech-trial-for-tweeting-bible-verses-dignity-of-homosexuals-must-be-protected-finnish-prosecutors%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=2006259&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--><h2>Finland&#8217;s \u2063Former Interior Minister Faces Second \u2064&#8217;Hate Speech&#8217; Trial for \u2063Tweeting Bible Verses<\/h2>\n<p>Finland&#8217;s former interior minister, P\u00e4ivi \u2064R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, is once again going \u200bto trial\u200b for allegedly violating\u200d the country&#8217;s laws on &#8220;hate speech&#8221; by tweeting a\u2063 picture of a Bible verse.<\/p>\n<p>R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, 62, is\u2062 a member of Finland&#8217;s\u2064 right-leaning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-democrats-really-support-muslim-freedom-religion-christian-freedom-religion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian \u2062Democrats<\/a> party as well as a medical doctor and\u200b a grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1995, she has served in the Finnish parliament\u200b and \u200bwas interior minister from 2011 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>As R\u00e4s\u00e4nen explained to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/08\/09\/finland-christian-faces-second-hate-speech-trial-bible-verse-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Signal<\/a>, &#8220;The whole case started when I criticized the leadership of the church because of its support for\u200b the &#8216;Pride&#8217;\u2062 event on Twitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 tweet in question criticized her church for sponsoring the \u200d&#8221;pride&#8221; parade and\u2064 questioned how they could do so when the Bible clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-snl-star-speaks-lgbt-parade-city-council-meeting-cites-bible-reasoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemns<\/a> the sin of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;[My church] has announced that [it] is #seta&#8217;s #Pride2019 official partner. \u200dHow does the doctrine of the church, [the Bible] fit together with the fact that shame and sin are raised as a matter \u2062of pride?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Attached to the tweet was a Bible verse\u200c (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+1&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 1:24-27<\/a>) \u2064contained in a 2004 \u200cpamphlet that she\u200d wrote. \u2063The scripture reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore God gave\u200d them up in the \u2064lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged\u2064 the truth about God for a \u200dlie \u200dand worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is\u200c blessed forever! Amen.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations\u2062 for those that are contrary to nature; \u200cand the men \u200clikewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one \u2062another, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granny-faces-second-hate-speech-trial-for-tweeting-bible-verses-dignity-of-homosexuals-must-be-protected-finnish-prosecutors\/\" title=\"Granny on Second Trial for Tweeting Bible Verses, Protecting Homosexuals' Dignity: Finnish Prosecutors\">men \u2062committing shameless acts<\/a> with men and receiving in\u200b themselves the\u2062 due penalty for their error.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Her tweet, along\u200b with the pamphlet \u2064and a radio appearance, resulted in her\u200d being charged with three counts of &#8220;agitation against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christianity-track-become-minority-religion-america-report-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minority group<\/a>,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/11\/finnish-grandmother-is-back-in-court-facing-hate-speech-charges-for-tweeting-bible-verses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Federalist<\/a> reported. Bishop Juhana Pohjola, who\u2062 published the pamphlet, faced the same charges.<\/p>\n<p>The two \u200dwere acquitted in March 2022, with the\u200d Helsinki District \u2062Court stating in their decision that, &#8220;it is not for the district court to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-joe-biden-made-christian-persecution-even-worse\/\" title=\"How Joe Biden Made Christian Persecution Even Worse\">interpret biblical concepts<\/a>,&#8221; according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they are headed back to court for the \u2062second time for spreading &#8220;hate speech&#8221; after prosecutors appealed the decision. They claim R\u00e4s\u00e4nen&#8217;s statements\u200c were discriminatory\u200c against homosexuals and violate their &#8220;right\u200b to dignity and self-determination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In order to protect the dignity and equality of homosexuals, it is \u200cnecessary to exclude R\u00e4s\u00e4nen&#8217;s statements from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/world-leader-claims-freedom-expression-stops-muslims-offended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freedom of \u2064expression<\/a> by \u2062interpreting them as punishable hate speech directed at them,&#8221; prosecutors wrote, the Signal reported.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, over a dozen Republican members of Congress sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Signed_Finland_Letter_August_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> \u200d to Rashad Hussain, U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for \u2064Religious Freedom and Douglas Hickey, U.S. ambassador to Finland, \u2064condemning Finland&#8217;s legal system for targeting Christians and urging the two ambassadors to\u2064 publicly speak out \u2064against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-enters-plea-latest-document-charges-brought-jack-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal harassment<\/a> of\u200d R\u00e4s\u00e4nen \u2062and Pohjola.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For years,\u200c we and many others have raised the\u200b alarm that the West was experiencing a hostile takeover by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-lawmakers-slam-prosecution-of-finnish-politician-over-religious-beliefs\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmakers Criticize Prosecution of Finnish Politician for Religious Beliefs\">radical secularists \u2014 guided<\/a> by\u2062 open hostility \u2064and rancid antagonism toward \u200dChristianity \u2014 and that one-day people\u200b of \u2062faith would face trial for\u2062 merely living\u2064 out their beliefs. In Finland, that day has come, and a guilty verdict will only expedite this disorder&#8217;s arrival in our courtrooms,&#8221; the letter states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Freedom of expression and \u2064freedom of religion are engrained in what it means to be an American,&#8221; they added. &#8220;As \u2064members of Congress, we stand shoulder to shoulder with all people of good faith\u2063 in condemning the legal assault on MP\u2062 R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Bishop Pohjola for merely being Christians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Pohjola&#8217;s next court appearance has been scheduled for August 31.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/granny-faces-second-hate-speech-trial-tweeting-bible-verses-dignity-homosexuals-must-protected-finnish-prosecutors\/\">Granny Faces Second &#8216;Hate Speech&#8217; Trial for Tweeting \u2063Bible Verses \u2062\u2013 &#8216;Dignity&#8217; of Homosexuals Must Be \u2064Protected: Finnish \u200cProsecutors<\/a> \u200d appeared \u200cfirst \u2063on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finland&#8217;s ex-interior minister, P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, faces trial for supposedly breaching hate speech laws by tweeting a Bible verse. R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, 62, a medical doctor, grandmother, and member of Finland&#8217;s Christian Democrats party, has served in various roles since 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2043,"featured_media":2006260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2043"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}