Finnish MP Convicted for Quoting Bible Appeals to European Court of Human Rights

Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen, convicted by Finland's Supreme Court for a 2004 church booklet defending biblical teaching on marriage, has filed a landmark appeal to the European Court of Human Rights — her final legal avenue after a seven-year prosecution. This case signals an accelerating institutional hostility toward biblical Christianity across Western democracies, where 'hate speech' laws are increasingly weaponised to silence orthodox Christian expression in the public square. Jesus warned that His followers would be 'hated by all nations' and 'delivered up to councils' for His name's sake — a pattern now visibly emerging across Europe.