Finnish Christian MP convicted of ‘crimes against humanity’ for church booklet on marriage
Posted at The Christian Institute : Published March 26, 2026 A Christian politician in Finland has been convicted of “hate speech” for expressing her views on sexual ethics in a pamphlet she published for her church in 2004. In the Finnish Supreme Court’s narrow 3-2 decision, Päivi Räsänen was found guilty of publicly making and keeping available “opinions that insult homosexuals as a group on the basis of their sexual orientation”. This offence is listed under a chapter of criminal code entitled “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. But the Court unanimously vindicated her for sharing similar views in a 2019 tweet. Two lower courts have previously acquitted her on all charges, and she hopes to appeal her conviction at the European Court of Human Rights. Continue here... See also: BREAKING: Christian parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen convicted by Supreme Court of "hate speech" (The Bridgehead with Jonathon Van Maren) Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen found guilty of hate speec...
