It's Monday, March 30, 2026. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

The biggest news of the last several days for Christians, for sure, is the conviction of Dr. Paavi Razosinen on charges that she had basically violated human rights

inciting hatred by identifying homosexuality as a developmental disorder in a published pamphlet.

Now, Dr. Paavi Razaninan is a physician.

She's also a very long-time member of parliament, an MP there in

Finland. She's also been a government minister, and she's been at the center of controversy now for

several years. It does appear that she and defense counsel were surprised at the way this eventually

went down. But let's just review what in the world we're talking about.

We're talking about a Lutheran, a doctor,

we're talking about a member of the government at times

and an ongoing member of parliament.

Dr. Paavi Razanen had written a pamphlet

in which she said that homosexuality was rightly understood

as a developmental disorder.

That was a long time ago.

She republished the pamphlet, and at a certain point in public discussions, she cited the pamphlet, even posting it on social media.

The government's chief prosecutor went at the member of parliament, even as similar charges were filed against a Lutheran bishop in Finland.

And by the way, there are two Lutheran denominations that effectively are recognized as state-established churches there in Finland.

But a bishop of the church.

And in this case, a minister of government or a former minister and current member of parliament has been convicted under Finland's war crimes and crimes against humanity law.

And included in the provisions of that law is spreading, quote, an expression of opinion or another message where a certain group is threatened, defamed, or insulted on the basis of its skin color, race, birth status, national or ethnic origin,

religion or belief, sexual orientation, or disability, or a comparable basis, end quote.

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