STOCKHOLM, July 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Ake Green, the pastor of a
Swedish Pentecostal church in Kalmar, Sweden, has been sentenced to one
month in prison by a Swedish court, for inciting hatred against homosexuals.
Green was prosecuted in January for "hate speech against homosexuals" for a
sermon he preached last summer citing Biblical references to homosexuality.
During a sermon in 2003, Green described homosexuality as "abnormal, a
horrible cancerous tumour in the body of society".
Sweden passed an equivalent to Canada's Bill C-250 last year -- a "hate
crimes" law that forbids criticism of homosexuality. In a WorldNetDaily
article, the author quotes from the church newspaper Kyrkans Tidning, in
which the prosecutor in the case, Kjell Yngvesson, justifies the arrest of
Pastor Green: "One may have whatever religion one wishes, but this is an
attack on all fronts against homosexuals. Collecting Bible cites on this
topic as he (Pastor Green) does makes this hate speech."
(LifeSiteNews.com)
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