{"id":2225208,"date":"2024-04-19T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-finnish-court-to-hear-case-on-politician-charged-over-sharing-bible-verse\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:50:37","slug":"top-finnish-court-to-hear-case-on-politician-charged-over-sharing-bible-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-finnish-court-to-hear-case-on-politician-charged-over-sharing-bible-verse\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Supreme Court to Rule on Politician Accused of Sharing Bible Verse"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftop-finnish-court-to-hear-case-on-politician-charged-over-sharing-bible-verse%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=2225208&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--><p>The Finnish \u200bSupreme Court is \u200bset to hear\u2063 the case \u2062of politician P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, facing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-in-nyc-arrested-for-a-string-of-attacks-on-women\/\" title=\"Man in NYC arrested for a string of attacks on women\">hate crime<\/a>&#8220;\u2062 charges\u200b for her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality. \u2063R\u00e4s\u00e4nen shared \u2062a 2019 tweet with Bible verses and writings on\u200b marriage. State prosecutors seek fines and censorship. Bishop Juhana Pohjola faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-riot-defendants-say-they-were-beaten-by-jail-guards-left-in-solidary-confinement\/\" title=\"Capitol Riot Defendants Say They Were Beaten By Jail Guards, Left In Solidary Confinement\">similar charges<\/a> for publishing R\u00e4s\u00e4nen&#8217;s \u2063work. Charges stem from questioning her\u2064 church&#8217;s support for an LGBT event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finland\u2019s Supreme Court will hear the case of a politician facing \u201chate crime\u201d charges over her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Friday, the Supreme Court of Finland <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/bible-tweet-case-to-be-heard-at-finnish-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that it would hear the case of Finnish Member of Parliament P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, who is facing state charges related to her sharing a 2019 tweet that included pictures of Bible verses and a pamphlet on marriage she wrote back in 2004. The charges were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/finnish-court-dismisses-hate-crime-charges-against-politician-on-trial-over-christian-beliefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously dismissed<\/a> by the district court and the Helsinki Court of Appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The case will now be heard by the Supreme Court, Finland\u2019s top court for private law cases. The state prosecutors want the court to fine R\u00e4s\u00e4nen tens of thousands of Euros and want her to be censored. Bishop Juhana Pohjola will be tried at the same time on similar charges for publishing R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s writings on marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charges <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/free-speech-on-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were brought<\/a> against them after R\u00e4s\u00e4nen publicly questioned why the church denomination she was part of was sponsoring an LGBT \u201cPride\u201d celebration. She was accused of \u201cagitation against a minority group,\u201d under the section of \u201cwar crimes and crimes against humanity\u201d in Finnish law. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">R\u00e4s\u00e4nen said Friday that she has a \u201cpeaceful mind\u201d and is \u201cready to continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-oversight-board-member-warns-against-censoring-misinformation\/\" title=\"Facebook Oversight Board Member Warns Against Censoring Misinformation\">defend free speech<\/a> and freedom of religion before the Supreme Court, and if need be, also before the European Court of Human Rights.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The member of parliament, who is being backed by the Alliance Defending Freedom International, added that the investigation into her had been going on for nearly five and that the outcome would have major implications for free expression. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis was not just about my opinions, but about everyone\u2019s freedom of expression,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope that with the ruling of the Supreme Court, others would not have to undergo the same ordeal. I have considered it a privilege and an honor to defend freedom of expression, which is a fundamental right in a democratic state.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The case has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-notorious-drug-lord-el-chapo-arrested-for-international-drug-trafficking-u-s-authorities\/\" title=\"Wife Of Notorious Drug Lord \u2018El Chapo\u2019 Arrested For International Drug Trafficking: U.S. Authorities\">garnered international attention<\/a>, with Republican lawmakers in the United States urging the State Department Officials to step in and support R\u00e4s\u00e4nen.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is a watershed case in the story of Europe\u2019s creeping censorship,\u201d said Paul Coleman of the Alliance Defending Freedom International. \u201cIn a democratic Western nation in 2024, nobody should be on trial for their faith \u2013 yet throughout the prosecution of\u00a0 P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Bishop Pohjola, we have seen something akin to a \u2018heresy\u2019 trial, where Christians are dragged through court for holding beliefs that differ from the approved orthodoxy of the day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Finnish Supreme Court is set to review a case involving a politician charged with &#8220;hate crime&#8221; allegations linked to her Christian views on marriage and sexuality. The court recently declared its intention to hear the case of Finnish MP P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, who faces state charges due to a tweet she shared in 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2225209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-19-at-10.14.37-AM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-19-at-10.14.37-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225208","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}