Recently, I appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to testify about something I never imagined would define much of my public life: sharing my Christian beliefs. In 2019, I tweeted my views on marriage and sexuality, and since then, I’ve been accused of hate speech and faced criminal prosecution — just for exercising my freedom of speech.
I did not come to Washington as an activist, but as a sitting parliamentarian from the democratic nation of Finland. Though my home country claims to pride itself on free speech, my experience shows firsthand the reality of censorship. I felt it imperative to warn the United States about the growth of censorship in Europe — and the global implication of allowing violations of free speech rights to go unchecked.
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