Päivi Räsänen Barred from UK over Christian Speech Conviction, ADF Urges Action

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen, convicted over citing a Bible passage on homosexuality, has been blocked from entering the United Kingdom, leaving her unable to attend a Northern Ireland conference where she was due to speak about freedom of speech. ADF CEO Kristen Waggoner urged Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to intervene, arguing that Britain should not uphold another country’s ‘heavy-handed…