By Bill Muehlenberger - Posted at Culture Watch: Finally a win for freedom of conscience and religion: While she has been getting a lot of attention lately, I first wrote about the brave European politician and Christian champion Päivi Räsänen back in 2019. In that piece I referred to her as “the Finnish Israel Folau” because she was taking a strong and principled stand for biblical truth, even while serving in a hostile, secular parliament. I quoted news reports about her at the time stating her ‘crime’: “A Christian member of Finland’s parliament is under investigation after she cited the New Testament on social media to voice her objection to the Lutheran church’s participation in an LGBT pride event.” billmuehlenberg.com/2019/09/16/quoting-from-the-bible-will-get-you-into-trouble/ As she said in an interview back then (which I also featured in my article): We are living at a time when the effect of Christian culture on society is narrowing. Although many Finns still belong to Chris
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