“I will not be intimidated into hiding my faith” – free speech case concerning former Finnish minister continues
… former Minister of the Interior and serving Member of the Finnish Parliament, Päivi Räsänen, faces her third police interrogation
… the Finnish Prosecutor General suspects her of “ethnic agitation”, a crime punishable with up to two years of imprisonment
… “I will defend my right to confess my faith, so that no one else would be deprived of their right to freedom of religion and speech
… I will not back down from my views.I will not be intimidated into hiding my faith”
… “What would Jesus think about homosexuals?”
… Criminalizing speech through so-called ‘hate-speech’ laws shuts down important public debates and poses a grave threat to our democracies
… create a culture of fear and censorship and are becoming all too common throughout Europe,” said Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International
… started in June 2019, when Räsänen directed a tweet at the leadership of her church and questioned its official sponsorship of the LGBT event “Pride 2019”
… a pamphlet she wrote 16 years ago on human sexuality for a Christian foundation
pamphlet – Male and female He created them
