‘Devastating consequences’: Last-chance appeal by lawmaker convicted for quoting Bible

A lawmaker in Finland who stunningly was accused – and convicted – of quoting from the Bible, which the judiciary there deemed an insult to some people – has confirmed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

Win or lose, that court likely is the final step for Päivi Räsänen, who was convicted by an appeals court in Finland for “expressing her beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics in a 2004 booklet written for her church.”

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