Finnish MP: Convicted for quoting Bible, pedophile threatened her children, a warning to Canada

(LifeSiteNews) — “A man who was convicted for abusing children. He sent me messages. Letters where he threatened my children.”

In her explosive interview on The John-Henry Westen Show, Finnish Member of Parliament and medical doctor Päivi Räsänen describes the terrifying price she has paid for defending Scripture. In addition to the pedophile’s threat against her children, a small bomb went off in her mailbox and belligerents attempted to gain entrance into her home.

Räsänen, a mother of five and grandmother of 12, has battled “hate speech” charges for many years. It began with her 2004 pamphlet Male and Female He Created Them, which simply restated the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality. The case exploded when she tweeted a photo of Romans 1 criticizing her own Lutheran church’s support for Pride events.

After multiple acquittals in lower courts, Finland’s Supreme Court convicted her on “hate crime” charges for the 2004 pamphlet just last month. She rejects the ruling saying emphatically: “I think that what Bible teaches it is love speech…”

Her warning to Canada — now racing toward Bill C-9, which strips religious protections from LGBT “hate crime” laws — is urgent:

“You should be very careful when there are proposals of so-called hate crime laws… They are vague, they are so unpredictable. They can be used against almost anyone.” To Christians facing the same storm, her warning is clear and urgent:

“Now is the time to speak. It is not the time to be silent or practice self-censorship… You should boldly preach and speak about these teachings and about Jesus — not be silent.”

Watch the full interview now and stand with those willing to pay the price for truth.

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John-Henry is the co-founder and CEO of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.

He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.

John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.