UK lawmaker warns its open season on Christians as he sounds alarm over two-tier justice
A British lawmaker is sounding the alarm over what he calls "two-tier justice" against Christians in the United Kingdom, telling Fox News Digital it is now "open season" to discriminate against believers while accusing authorities of allowing extremist Islamist preachers to operate as Christian pastors face harassment and arrest.Lord Jackson of Peterborough, vice chair of a parliamentary group focused on religious freedom, made the charge while discussing Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen, a Christian politician whose statements about marriage and sexuality have put her at the center of a years-long European battle over religious expression and free speech."It does say a lot about the concerns that many of us have about attacks on Christians, and two-tier justice as between Christians and other faiths, and the fact that Christians, are, it's open season to discriminate against Christians in the United Kingdom now, and that's a very regrettable position," Jackson told Fox News Digital in an interview.CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CHAPLAIN WINS SETTLEMENT AFTER FIRING OVER LGBTQ SERMONFinnish Christian lawmaker Päivi-Räsänen.(Alliance Defending Freedom)Räsänen said British authorities canceled her electronic travel authorization, or ETA, in July before she applied for a visa, following her recent "hate speech" conviction over passages in a church booklet discussing homosexuality, raising fresh concerns among religious freedom advocates about the consequences of the ruling.According to ADF International, which has been representing Räsänen in litigation, Räsänen was granted a U.K.
visa on Aug.21, but not in time for her to speak in person about free speech at an event in Northern Ireland."Räsänen was still blocked from speaking in person about free speech at an event in Northern Ireland yesterday, since she was granted her visa too late to attend," Alliance Defending Freedom International said in an Aug.
22 X post."Räsänen was informed at 6.45pm last night...