The disturbing questions over a ‘hate speech’ conviction

Posted on May 17, 2026 
Filed under Culture wars

From Julian Mann at TCW –

“Arguable the most significant reflection so far on the egregious conviction of Finnish politician Päivi Räsänen for ‘hate speech’ has come from an unlikely source – an Anglican theologian.

On Christian Today Dr Martin Davie argues that the international media coverage of the case has largely failed to get to grips with the underlying cultural reasons for Räsänen’s conviction.

On March 26, Finland’s Supreme Court found the former Interior Minister (equivalent of the Home Secretary) guilty on a 3-2 verdict of the crime of incitement against a minority group because of what she had written in a 2004 pamphlet, Male and Female He Created Them – Homosexual Relationships Challenge the Christian Concept of Humanity. …”

– Full article here.

Image thanks to ADF International. See their March 26 2026 article here.