Ep 948 | The Finnish Parliamentarian Prosecuted for Posting Romans 1 | Guests: Päivi Räsänen & Kristen Waggoner

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today we're joined by Päivi Räsänen, a member of Finnish Parliament, who is currently on trial in Finland for posting a Bible verse on X after a local church chose to support a "pride" event. Päivi was originally prosecuted for the crime of “agitation against a minority group”, under the section of “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in the Finnish criminal code, and was acquitted twice. Yet the prosecution continues to appeal the not guilty verdict, and Päivi finds herself yet again back in court. The prosecution claims that Päivi's real crime wasn't posting the Bible verse, but claiming that the Bible condemns homosexuality in that post. We're also joined by Kristen Waggoner, CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, to discuss the legal specifics of this case and the greater implications of punishing free speech. Päivi shares encouragement for standing up for truth, and her perspective as her case continues. You can learn more about ADF here: https://adfinternational.org/ Go to alliemerch.com to get our new Valentine's Day merch! --- Timecodes: (01:30) Päivi's story (29:00) Päivi's testimony (36:20) The legal perspective --- Today's Sponsors: My Patriot Supply — prepare yourself for anything with long-term emergency food storage. Get your new, lower-price 4-Week Emergency Food Kit at PrepareWithAllie.com. EveryLife — the only premium baby brand that is unapologetically pro-life. EveryLife offers high-performing, supremely soft diapers and wipes that protect and celebrate every precious life. Head to EveryLife.com and use promo code ALLIE10 to get 10% of your first order today! Netsuite — gain visibility and control of your financials, planning, budgeting, and inventory so you can manage risk, get reliable forecasts, and improve margins. Go to NetSuite.com/ALLIE to get your one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. Jase Medical — get up to a year’s worth of many of your prescription medications delivered in advance. Go to JaseMedical.com today and use promo code “ALLIE". --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 798 | America’s Sacrificing Orphans on the Altar of Transgenderism | Guests: Jessica Bates & Christiana Kiefer https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-798-americas-sacrificing-orphans-on-the-altar/id1359249098?i=1000611489190 Ep 719 | Christians v. the State of Colorado… Again https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-719-christians-v-the-state-of-colorado-again/id1359249098?i=1000589107658 Ep 13 | Two Gay Men + A Christian Baker Walk into a Courtroom https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relatable-with-allie-beth-stuckey/id1359249098?i=1000413171727 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	Pavey Resinine is a Finnish member of Parliament who was prosecuted for hate speech for posting a Bible verse in 2019. That Bible verse came from Romans one which condemned
0:46.4	homosexuality she has been in a legal battle over the past few years fighting for her right to say what she thinks, to articulate
0:57.5	what she believes and she is here with us today. Her testimony, her strength her courage is so amazing. It's going to be
1:04.9	so edifying to you and Kristen Wagner from Alliance Defending Freedom is also here to explain
1:11.0	the legal battle and to tell us some lessons that we as Americans can take away from
1:17.1	this case in Finland.
1:19.3	So without further ado, here are Ms. Resinin and Kristen Wagner. Miss Resininininin and Kristen, thank you guys so much for joining us today.
1:38.0	Ms. Resininin, I have wanted to talk to you for a long time now because I admire your courage so much.
1:46.0	Would you mind taking us back to the beginning?
1:51.0	Why were you in trouble with the law in Finland?
1:57.0	Yes, this is a long process. It started almost five years ago. In June 2019 I was shocked when I heard that the
2:11.7	evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the main church in Finland and my church,
2:18.3	it decided to support the Helcingi Pride event.
2:25.0	And I was worried that this decision would effect on the trust on the Bible because it is in contradiction of the
2:40.0	teachings of the Bible and then I decided to update to my Twitter and ask the question of the, for the leadership of my church that how does this fit this decision to what
3:02.1	what Bible teaches and after that some citizen made a criminal complaint about this
3:10.0	Twitter update and police started to investigate this and when it came to public
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