(FW) – A Christian politician from Finland has come under fire for sharing scripture on Facebook. Christian Democratic MP Päivi Räsänen called out the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland for its participation in the Helsinki Pride events back in June, sharing a passage from Romans 1 to prove her point. “How can the church’s doctrinal foundation, the Bible, be compatible with the lifting up of shame and sin as a subject of pride?” the politician asked.
As a result of this robust remark, Finnish Police have reportedly opened an investigation into Räsänen, who is a member of The Christian Democrats party and the former Minister of the Interior. “The pre-trial investigations have yet been completed. Police will provide more details once the investigations have been completed or presented to a prosecutor for consideration of charges. There will be no further comments prior to that,” said Pekka Hätönen, the officer in charge of the investigations at Helsinki Police Department, according to the Helsinki Times. The specific Bible passage shared by the politicians was from Romans 1 :24-27 and reads as follows: READ MORE
