Thu Nov 11, 2021 – 2:00 pm ESTThu Nov 11, 2021 – 2:03 pm EST
WASHINGTON (LifeSiteNews) — Six members of Congress have signed an open letter asking the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to take punitive action against Finland for the country’s prosecution of a Lutheran bishop and a Finnish politician for their stance on traditional marriage.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) led the effort to condemn the Finnish government for its treatment of Bishop Juhana Pohjola of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland and Finnish politician Dr. Paivi Räsänen. Reps. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Dr. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jody Hice (R-GA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), and Byron Donalds (R-FL) signed on to the letter. Their aim is to get the USCIRF to consider the actions taken by Finnish prosecutors when it next suggests countries for the U.S. State Department’s Special Watch List.
The letter says, “Free people should not have to violate and recant their deepest convictions to remain part of a free society.”
“True religious liberty both protects an individual’s right both to hold beliefs that are unpopular with the prevailing cultural winds of the world, but also their right to live
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