Free Speech in Sweden

Last Tuesday, Högsta domstolen, the Swedish Supreme Court, acquitted the Lutheran pastor Åke Green, who had been prosecuted on charges of inciting hatred towards gays. Two years ago, in a sermon entitled “Is Homosexuality Genetic or an Evil Force that Plays Mind Games with People?” Green said: “Sexual abnormalities are a deep cancerous tumor in the whole of society.” He added that “sexually twisted people” rape animals and children and opined that homosexuality was not something one was born into, but rather the result of choice.

Brussels Journal has more. You can read the article in Dutch on the blog Hoegin.