Finland’s Supreme Court Convicts Christians Of ‘Hate Speech’ For Saying Men And Women Are Different
In a case with global implications, Finland's high court rules discussing what the Bible says about sexuality is 'hate speech.'In a case with global implications, Finland's high court rules discussing what the Bible says about sexuality is 'hate speech.'A blasphemy-light bill arrives in Virginia — and the ACLU clams up
Zohran Mamdani has wasted no time turning religious language into shocking political branding. This month, he invoked Muhammad while defending Democrats’ mass-migration posture. He also became the first New York City mayor to skip the installation of a Catholic archbishop.
Public officials can practice any faith. They can speak openly about it. The line gets crossed when government starts treating one religion as a protected political category — especially through the criminal code.
To overthrow liberal democracy, the far left needs Islam’s numbers, while Islam needs the far left’s organization.
That line is about to be obliterated in Virginia.
A Bangladesh-born Democrat state senator, Saddam Azlan Salim, introduced SB624, a bill aimed at writing a formal definition of “Islamophobia” into Virginia’s assault and battery laws. The bill would single out Islam for special treatment. No other religion would receive the same statutory carve-out.
The bill defines Islamophobia as “malicious prejudice or hatred directed toward Islam or Muslims.” The definition applies “regardless of whether the victim is actually a practitioner of Islam, provided that the perpetrator targeted such victim based on a perceived adherence to such faith.”
Is it Islamophobic to walk a dog or eat bacon or spread the gospel in the presence of a devout Muslim? If not, why not? And do we really want to test it?
People use Islamophobia as a cudgel to silence legitimate criticism of doctrine, immigration policy, and jihadism at home and abroad. A vague, politically loaded term does not belong in criminal law. It invites selective enforcement. It chills speech. It hands politicians a ready-made pretext to jail dissenters.
Call it what it is: one more step toward a blasphemy-style speech regime, enforced by the state.
In a world in which leftists — and even some conservatives — believe “hate speech isn’t free speech,” Salim’s bill should set off alarm bells for any civil liberties group that claims to defend the freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion.
And yet the American Civil Liberties Union has remained resolutely silent.
The ACLU’s “Religious Liberty” page claims it exists “to safeguard the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty by ensuring that laws and governmental practices neither promote religion nor interfere with its free exercise.”
Given that Islam commands the erasureany kind of secular and sectarian division, you’d think the ACLU’s rabid dogs would be on guard against its encroachment.
Instead, the ACLU maintains a page dedicated to opposing “anti-Muslim discrimination,” while boasting of its opposition to a Jewish charter school in Oklahoma.
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The “red-green alliance” between domestic communists and Muslim invaders is the greatest threat currently facing Western countries today.
In a talk at Oxford University’s Student Union, Peter Thiel laid out the stark choice between the West continuing to flounder under the illusion that clean energy policies would drive global prosperity and the Islamic worldview, which prioritizes domination.
To overthrow liberal democracy, the far left needs Islam’s numbers, while Islam needs the far left’s organization. They have a common enemy — conservatives defending the countries their ancestors built for them — but without that enemy, these groups should actually despise each other.
The same day Mamdani invoked the name of the warlord Muhammad in the cause of open borders, the ACLU’s Instagram page shared a post about how hard it is to be “a queer teen in Idaho!” (Strangely enough, no mention about how hard it is to be a queer teen in any of the more than 50 countries that have been enslaved by Islam.)
This year we will mark the 10th anniversary of the Pulse Night Club shooting, when Omar Mateen — a Muslim Democrat — murdered 49 gay people and wounded 50 more. But in the ACLU’s response, the organization refused to mention Mateen’s name and indeed warned that his massacre of sexual minorities fit a “more politically convenient narrative fed by anti-Muslim fear and hate.”
What a reassuring thing to say to all the affected families in Orlando!
The ACLU is not an organization that subscribes to any kind of moral code. At best, it is a drive-by lawsuit factory. At worst, it is a legal arm of terrorists that openly welcomes foreign donations, which undermines American sovereignty. All the ACLU cares about is power — which, come to think of it, is something the group truly has in common with jihadists.
Locked up for a joke. It can’t happen here ... can it?
A comedian lands at Heathrow and finds himself met by officers as though he posed a terrorist threat. His offense? A social media joke about trans people. He’s released on bail on the condition he doesn’t post on X.
Another man prays silently outside the “safe zone” of an abortion clinic and is hauled off, given a two-year conditional discharge, and fined £9,000 (just over $12,000).
We hope Britain pulls up from its nosedive, but let’s not delude ourselves. America faces the same temptations.
A third man waves the Union Jack at a pro-Palestinian march in England — only to be arrested. Reuters quickly ran interference: not for the flag, they said, but for a “racially aggravated public order offence” and “homophobic abuse.” As if that makes it better.
And we’re still not mentioning the Islamic child-rape scandal that grows worse with every new revelation. The United States watches Britain collapse into a kind of Reformation-era persecution, this time in the name of Islam, paganism, and sexual license. Americans shake their heads, maybe reassure themselves: We fought a revolution to escape this. Charles II jailed Christians. Charles III praises Islam. And we have the First Amendment. Case closed.
Not so fast. We may be on the same road. Once you begin policing speech to protect feelings, the end point looks very much like the UK. And we have plenty of warning signs.
The university test case
Universities may be the clearest early indicator. Professors tell us every profession must “look like” society — except their own. If a field is 97% male, they call it systemic bias. But in the academy itself, where atheists and leftists dominate, they see no problem.
The numbers don’t lie. At Arizona State University, a December 2024 survey found just 19 Republicans among 544 faculty members. At the University of Arizona, only eight Republicans out of 369. Entire departments lacked a single Republican. A 2023 Harvard Crimson study found only 2.5% of Harvard faculty identify as conservative. If any other profession looked this skewed, professors would scream about bias. In their case, they call it “normal.”
And the consequences? They’ll defend freedom of speech for burning an American flag. Burn a trans flag, and suddenly you’ve committed a hate crime. That is one step removed from Graham Linehan’s arrest in the UK for an X post.
Censorship in practice
Students already know what this means. A 2022 FIRE survey found they self-censor in class. They parrot leftist slogans on gender and race, not because they believe them, but because they want the grade. We are teaching them to lie to advance. No one is being asked to confess Christ; they are being asked to confess Ibram Kendi and John Money.
I’ve seen it firsthand. At ASU’s Honors College, faculty blocked Charlie Kirk, Dennis Prager, and Robert Kiyosaki from speaking, smearing them as “white supremacists.” That label alone was enough to push the event off campus. These professors weren’t interested in argument. They wanted silence.
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Truth vs. lies
How do they justify it? With “hate crimes.” Not crimes that incite violence, but crimes of opinion. Disagree with LGBTQ ideology? That’s hate. Straight to jail. Professors sleep well at night because we’ve accepted their framework: society divided into oppressors and oppressed. Bad outcomes aren’t the result of choices, but of systemic injustice. Victims must be coddled, even at the expense of truth.
Once you accept that, feelings erase the First Amendment.
We need a spine. Sexual sins are real and destructive. Abortion ends a life. A comedian may say this through jokes; a philosopher may say it through essays. Either way, it’s the truth. The mob can gnash its teeth, plug its ears, strip away free speech, and jail comedians, but reality doesn’t change.
We hope Britain pulls up from its nosedive, but let’s not delude ourselves. America faces the same temptations. We must pray for the end of abortion, speak plainly about the damage sexual ideology inflicts on children, and reject the false frame of “oppressors and oppressed.” The real categories are truth and lies. Choose wisely, while you still can.
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Last week, Blaze News reported that two young girls — just 11 and 13 years old — were arrested for brutally assaulting a woman outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., police said.
Well, police have rounded up four more girls in connection with the physical attack, and now all six juvenile suspects have been charged with hate crimes, police said.
'They have to be charged and put in the system. And I’ve said repeatedly, that doesn’t mean a diversion, that doesn’t mean an unaccountable supervision program. That means we need them in the system.'
Included among the new arrestees are a second 11-year-old female, a second 13-year-old female, and two other females who are 12 and 14 years old. All four were charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and rioting, police said.
What's more, the suspects were potentially motivated by hate or bias, according to detectives' investigation, and now police said all six suspects have been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon — hate crime enhancement.
What's the background?
Police on Wednesday learned about videos of assaults circulating on social media, and detectives determined one video captured an assault against a woman outside Union Station, police said.
During the assault, multiple juvenile suspects approached the woman and then repeatedly punched and kicked her, police said, adding that one suspect recorded the beatdown and encouraged the other suspects to continue their attack.
Police said the suspects also assaulted others who tried to intervene. WJLA-TV said in a video report that one suspect pushed people to the ground and punched them, while another suspect kicked a person and dragged that person by the hair. Police said the attack victims weren't seriously injured.
While police haven't revealed when the attack took place, WJLA's video report indicates it happened Feb. 16 near a post office by the train station — and that police are still looking for three other suspects in connection with the crime.
Police said those who have information about the attack should call police at 202-727-9099 or text a tip to the Department's Text Tip Line at 50411. Police also said they're offering a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment of those responsible for the crime.
Anything else?
Blaze News last week also reported on a viral video showing a D.C Metro train rider who appeared afraid and put up no fight when a teen brazenly took the victim's pricey Canada Goose jacket right off his back.
In response to both crimes involving teens in the nation's capital, Mayor Muriel Bowser told WJLA in a separate story that "they have to be charged and put in the system. And I’ve said repeatedly, that doesn’t mean a diversion, that doesn’t mean an unaccountable supervision program. That means we need them in the system."
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11 teens face felony charges for allegedly using dating apps to lure, beat men as part of viral social media trend
Authorities in Illinois said 11 teens engaged in a viral social media trend of using dating apps to lure and beat men. The teenagers are facing felony charges for their alleged assaults.
The Mount Prospect Police Department said in a statement that a group of 11 teens attacked two men over the summer.
'We are asking parents to take these incidents as an opportunity to talk with their teenage children about the seriousness of actively participating in these types of trends they see on social media.'
A 41-year-old man told police a group of teens battered him around 9:45 p.m. July 8 in the parking lot of a business in Mount Prospect, roughly 20 miles northwest of Chicago.
"The victim related that he had utilized an online dating app to arrange to meet a person at that location," the Mount Prospect Police Department stated. "After arriving, the victim related that he was approached by a group of teenage males who confronted him verbally and battered him. Teenagers in the group also damaged the victim’s vehicle. The victim related he fled in the vehicle and was eventually able to get away from the group of teenagers, who followed him in their vehicles."
Within just 10 minutes of the first reported attack, a 23-year-old man contacted police about an assault that purportedly occurred about a mile away from the first alleged attack.
The second alleged victim said he was expecting to meet a person at the location where a group of teenagers reportedly battered him. He also claimed the teens damaged his vehicle, including slashing the tires of his car.
The alleged victim went to a nearby home, after which the Mount Prospect Fire Department transported him to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police did not reveal which dating app the suspects used to allegedly lure the men.
Detectives with the Mount Prospect Police Department used surveillance video from the areas of the alleged attacks to identify possible suspects. Following an investigation, police determined that 11 juveniles participated in one or both of the alleged attacks.
Overall, 53 felony charges were brought against the juvenile suspects — including aggravated battery with great bodily harm, criminal damage to property, and mob action.
NBC News reported that one of the teen suspects was hit with two felony counts of hate crime charges for purportedly using "a racial and another derogatory term" during one of the alleged attacks, police said.
Police did not reveal the racial slur that the suspect allegedly shouted.
The Cook County State's Attorney’s Office approved all of the charges against the juvenile suspects.
None of the suspects' identities were revealed because all of them were minors. All of the suspects were males, 10 of whom were 17 years old; one was 16.
Police said all of the suspects turned themselves in last month and were transported to Chicago's Cook County Juvenile Detention Center.
The suspects allegedly informed investigators that they got the idea for the alleged attacks from a viral social media trend they saw online.
“We are asking parents to take these incidents as an opportunity to talk with their teenage children about the seriousness of actively participating in these types of trends they see on social media,” said Mount Prospect Police Chief Mike Eterno.
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Biden’s clemency play panders to his woke base, snubbing justice
Joe Biden, or more accurately his handlers, decided to commute the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row prisoners. This prompted Donald Trump to remark, “It makes no sense.” While Biden’s actions were indeed contemptible, they made great strategic sense for Democrats aiming to satisfy their core constituency.
The reasoning behind Biden’s decision had little to do with the partisan bromides served up by Democratic commentators like Jessica Tarlov, who frequently appears on Fox News. Tarlov claimed Biden was morally outraged by capital punishment and felt compelled to act before leaving office. Another Fox News contributor suggested that Biden, a devout Catholic, was influenced by the pope’s homilies on the sanctity of life.
It’s unclear why murderers who raped, tortured, and killed young girls were not also committing 'hate crimes.'
These explanations are transparent nonsense. Biden’s half-century career in politics flatly contradicts such claims. Unlike the pope, Biden has fanatically supported abortion, including the destruction of late-term fetuses — aka empirical human beings. His crusade for the sanctity of life stops well short of his frantic efforts to please the feminist zealots who vote overwhelmingly for his party.
During his tenure in the Senate, Biden had no qualms about supporting capital punishment. In the 1990s, he championed a crime bill that included the death penalty, back when Democrats could still publicly endorse such measures. His stance shifted only after he began courting figures like Ayanna Pressley and other prominent voices from the progressive left.
Biden’s current stance on capital punishment does not reflect a long-standing, principled defense of life. Instead, it appears to be a calculated move to appease his party’s leftist base, which often links capital punishment to systemic racism and anti-black discrimination. The handmaiden media’s portrayal of Biden as a lifelong opponent of the death penalty is blatantly misleading. He only adopted this position while campaigning for president in 2020, by which time he was trying to align with his party’s increasingly radicalized base.
One pressing question is why Biden commuted the sentences of only 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates. The media has suggested that the remaining three prisoners committed crimes more heinous than the others, despite the fact that most of the 37 were also convicted of horrific, sadistic murders. If Biden truly opposes capital punishment on principle, as his defenders insist, why would he make those three exceptions? A consistent opponent of what he considers cruel punishment would presumably have commuted the sentences of everyone on death row.
This distinction lacks any moral justification but clearly serves a political purpose. Not all commutations carried the same value for the Democratic Party. Those excluded from commutation reportedly engaged in acts of terrorism or committed “hate crimes.” Among them are Robert Bowers, a white nationalist who in 2018 killed 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh; Dylann Roof, who in 2015 murdered nine black parishioners during a Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a Chechen responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured 264 others. All remain on death row.
Pardon me for doubting the reasons that Biden’s spokespersons gave for these exceptions. It’s unclear why murderers who raped, tortured, and killed young girls were not also committing “hate crimes.” While the Boston Marathon bombing might fit the definition of terrorism, the actions of Bowers and Roof are arguably no worse than those of some individuals whose sentences were commuted.
Allow me to suspect the worst about Biden’s exceptions in handing out commutations. Although the crimes of those who were spared may be at least as chilling and in some cases more shocking than those of Roof and Bowers, they didn’t affect to the same degree the Democrats’ attempt to hold on to certain demographics. Those crimes were committed against Hispanics or other groups that no longer count as secure Democratic constituencies. Roof’s crimes were committed against blacks, a group that still votes overwhelmingly for Biden’s party. Fifteen of the 37 criminals commuted are black.
The Jewish vote may not be as safely Democratic as it was in the past, but the tony liberal congregation in a Pittsburgh suburb targeted by Bowers is presumably heavily Democratic and includes generous contributors to Biden’s party. If the victims were politically conservative Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, one wonders whether the killer would have been left on death row.
Needless to say, all the crimes committed by the inmates on death row are loathsome, yet some of these acts have been quite arbitrarily rated as “hate crimes” while others have not. We are justified, therefore, in asking why some abominations have been treated differently from others. Like Biden’s attempted forgiveness of college student loans, I’m led to believe that this tasteless stunt was driven by narrow Democratic Party interest, nothing else.
Trailer full of hundreds of Bibles intentionally set on fire in front of Tennessee church on Easter Sunday
Law enforcement officials are investigating a "suspicious" incident on Easter Sunday in front of a Tennessee church, where a trailer full of hundreds of Bibles was intentionally set on fire.
Around 6 a.m. on Easter Sunday, the security cameras at the Global Vision Church reportedly caught a man dropping off a trailer in the middle of the intersection, blocking the entrance to the church.
A man reportedly then set hundreds of Bibles on fire in front of the church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.
The church's pastor, Greg Locke, said in a statement on Facebook: "There was a lady that had driven through the night to get to our church and she was in the parking lot and was able to get the police officers here quickly, but it was quite the scene to wake up to on my first morning back from Israel."
The Mt. Juliet Police Department and Fire Department responded to the trailer fire and extinguished the blaze. The Bible fire caused temporary road closures.
There were no injuries from the trailer fire, and the church property did not incur any damage.
Easter Sunday services at the Global Vision Church were not interrupted.
Locke told the Tennessean, "It did not, nor will it stop us. It was cleaned up in time for people to drive into the parking lot. We had a full house and a marvelous service."
The Wilson County Sheriff's Office noted that the trailer fire was "suspicious" and done "intentionally." Police did not provide a motive for the Bible burning or if the church was the intended target.
Police said no other specific details could be provided at this time in an effort to "uphold the integrity of the ongoing investigation," but updates would be shared at "the appropriate juncture."
Locke declared, "It was 100 percent directed at (Global Vision Bible Church). It blocked the entrance to our campus and the fact that it was an entire load of Bibles is rather conclusive proof that is was most assuredly directed at us."
Locke told WKRN-TV, "It was strange because he [the suspect] had his blinkers on and he scotched the wheels and everything. He was very meticulous, so he had to be very courageous to do what he did. We’ve had people do things to our building, we’ve been vandalized a number of times, hence why we have to have security, but never 200 Bibles being burned. That’s a pretty rebellious statement towards the church."
The pastor proclaimed, "If you think Christianity is not under attack more than ever before in the United States of America, you have not been paying attention."
“What people think many times is going to stop us, really just encourages us, in a weird way, to know that we’re doing what’s right,” Locke stated.
Police are urging anyone with information or footage of the incident to contact the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office at 615-444-1459.
Last week, Locke appeared on "The Steve Deace Show" airing on BlazeTV to have a discussion about faith.
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