Biblical Beliefs on Trial: Päivi Räsänen ‘Hate Speech’ Case Appealed to Supreme Court
ADF International calls case “precedent-setting for free speech”
ADF International calls case “precedent-setting for free speech”
Christian politician Päivi Räsäsen said she would not give up defending her right to freedom of speech.
Päivi Räsänen’s case illustrates that dangerously vague ‘hate speech’ laws will be abused by those in power.
“I hope other innocent people will be spared the same ordeal for simply voicing their convictions”—Päivi Räsänen.
“The state has taken upon itself—across all of the West—to essentially be the arbiter of what is true or not.”
Today, Christian views and Bible verses are judged in court. Tomorrow it could be any opinion that the state dislikes.
It might seem overblown to call this appeals hearing the Trial of the Century. It’s not. The ability of people in every society of the West to speak freely about what they believe is true is on trial.
NATO has entirely subsidized the defense of Zelensky’s country, even to the point where the U.S. doesn’t have enough artillery shells to defend itself if attacked.
Let’s take Finnish MP Räsänen’s words to heart: “Now it is time to speak. Because the more we are silent, the narrower the space for freedom of speech and religion grows.”
It was exactly one year ago, on a cold, dark winter evening in January 2022, when Paul Coleman arrived in Helsinki for the modern-day heresy trial of Finnish MP Dr. Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola.