A Finnish evangelical Christian who is a member of parliament was recently acquitted of hate speech charges for saying homosexuality is a sin, but she is not yet off the hook.
The news article in question did not identify a man under investigation for suspected crimes, but it did include a link to another site that named him.
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Finland’s Helsinki District Court is now considering criminal hate speech charges against a Christian Democratic parliamentarian and a Lutheran bishop for tweeting Bible verses and stating that homosexual activity is forbidden in the Bible. The state prosecutor argues that they have “threatened, defamed or insulted” the gay and transgender community, in violation of Article 10 of the Criminal Code, which carries penalties of up to two years’ imprisonment and fines, as well as the implied future censorship of such traditional religious beliefs.
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