Court Dismisses Hate Crime Charges Against Finnish Politician for Posting Bible Verse

Court Dismisses Hate Crime Charges Against Finnish Politician for Posting Bible Verse
MP of the Finland's Christian Democrats Paivi Rasanen arrives to attend a court session at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on January 24, 2022. Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
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A Finnish court on Tuesday dismissed all hate speech charges for a second time against Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen after she publicly expressed her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics.

Ms. Räsänen, Finland’s former Interior Minister, was charged with “agitation against a minority group” in 2021 for breaking the national statute on “war crimes and crimes against humanity.”