Paul Coleman - Free Speech vs Hate Speech

The Current Thing

This week Nick talks to Paul Coleman of ADF International about a crucial free speech case involving Päivi Räsänen, who was charged with a hate crime for quoting the Bible four years ago, and is in court again next week.

They also talk about:
-The comparison between blasphemy laws and hate speech laws 
-Why hate speech laws have no basis in international law
-The legal decisions behind the woke revolution 
-Why the UK is arresting people for praying in their heads
-Whether Christianity will become illegal
-What people get wrong about the new UK 'buffer zone' laws
-How we can still win the culture war 
and lots more!

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ADF website: https://adfinternational.org/
More on Päivi's case: https://adfinternational.org/free-speech-on-trial

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Produced by the legendary Jason Clift. 

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