Finnish Court Rebukes State Prosecution Of Christians For Saying God Made Men And Women Different

Mar 31, 2022 by Jill

by Joy Pullmann, The Federalist:

Prayers from around the world were answered joyfully today when a Finnish court ruled unanimously in favor of two Christians the government prosecuted for publicly stating the Bible’s teachings about sex.

“If this kind of questioning of free speech is possible in a country like Finland, which has a reputation regarding free speech internationally, the same is possible anywhere,” said Member of Parliament Paivi Rasanen during a livestreamed press conference this morning U.S. time.

Rasanen and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola were acquitted of all four “hate crimes” charges against them for speaking the Bible’s teachings that sex is rightly reserved for lifelong marriage between one man and one woman. The three-judge court not only cleared the two Christians but ordered the prosecution to pay their legal costs, ruling that in a free country courts have no place deciding permissible religious views.

“I am grateful for having had this chance to stand up for freedom of speech, which is an essential right in a democratic country,” Rasanen said. “This has been my honor. … I hope that this ruling will prevent others from having to go through the same ordeal.”

Rasanen, Pohjola, and their legal team also expressed concern that the prosecutor who pursued these charges against the police’s recommendation might appeal the case. The prosecutor has seven days to appeal or let the decision stand.

“If we had lost the case, there would be no way that we could publicly proclaim the law of God and the forgiving gospel of Jesus Christ,” Pohjola emphasized in the press conference. “That would have radically changed the whole atmosphere in our church body as Christians in Finland.”

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Read also: A Finnish Line for Freedom by Tony Perkins, FRC

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