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	Åke Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On February 11, 2005 an appeals court, Göta hovrätt, overturned the decision and acquitted Åke Green.
		In their opinion, while Åke Green had violated Swedish law as it currently stands, a conviction would most likely be overturned by the European Court of Human Rights, based on their previous rulings regarding Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
		Högsta domstolen har fastställt hovrättens domslut i målet mellan riksåklagaren och Åke Green.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ake_Green (503 words)

	AKE GREEN - Freedom of Religion on Trial in Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Although we are in agreement with Pastor Green on the contents of his sermons and his faith in the Bible as the word of God and admire him for his great courage to speak out on this subject, the contents of this website is not directed by, nor officially approved by Pastor Green himself.
		On June 29, 2004, Pastor Ake Green was sentenced to one month in jail for showing “disrespect” against homosexuals in the sermon he delivered in his pulpit in Borgholm, Sweden on July 20, 2003.
		The law itself and the verdict against Ake Green have aroused dismay and deep concern by both religious and secular international organizations that monitor freedom of speech and freedom of religion in nations.
	www.akegreen.com (998 words)

	Criminalizing Christianity: Sweden's Hate Speech Law
		Ake Green, pastor of a Pentecostal congregation in Kalmar, Sweden, was sentenced to one month in prison on a charge of inciting hatred against homosexuals.
		Pastor Green was prosecuted for his sermon in a January hearing, where he was found guilty of "hate speech against homosexuals" for a sermon preached in 2003.
		According to press reports, Pastor Green condemned homosexuality as "abnormal, a horrible cancerous tumor in the body of society." His comments were delivered as part of a sermon, drawn from biblical texts, dealing with the sin of homosexuality.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/august2004/060804criminalizingchristianity.htm (1060 words)

	Catholic-Pages.com \| Discussion Forum - Thank God for some sense
		Green told Swedish public radio after the ruling, “This means we can continue to speak the way we have, and therefore it feels very good that they have ruled in a way that there should not be any infringement in our way of preaching,” according to an AP report.
		Green, pastor of a Swedish Pentecostal church in Kalmar, Sweden, was given a 30-day suspended sentence in July, 2004, by a Swedish court for inciting hatred against homosexuals.
		Green was initially convicted under Sweden’s new hate crimes law, enacted in 2003, which makes illegal any expressions of “disrespect” or “incitement” “towards a group of people,” including groups with “sexual inclinations.” Those who contravene the hate crimes law can be subject to up to two years in prison.
	www.catholic-pages.com /forum/topic.asp?topic_id=6227 (1185 words)

	AKE GREEN.ORG - Pastor's Aquittal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Pastor Green stated: "According to the Bible, all sexual relationships outside of marriage are sins and the Bible does not rank different kind of sins based on severity".
		Green believes that this distinction is very important since Jesus himself made a distinction between sin (that he hated) and the sinner (whom he loved).
		On the very day that Green's hearing was held in lower court he did a similar attack on his fellow minister (see link to "Sodomy in Sweden"; 2nd para).
	www.akegreen.org /pastor's_aquittal.htm (1844 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Ake Green's contentious sermon in 2003 was protected by freedom of speech and religion under the European Convention on Human Rights, the Supreme Court said in a 16-page ruling.
		In 2003, Green told his congregation that homosexuality was ``a deep cancerous tumour on all of society,'' and warned that Sweden risked a natural disaster because of leniency toward gays.
		Green told the Supreme Court that his sermon was meant to warn gays that their lifestyle would result in an ``eternal divorce'' from God.
	www.365gay.com /Newscon05/11/112905sweden.htm (549 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Swede's Sermon on Gays: Bigotry or Free Speech?
		Green, who is tall and lean with thinning white hair and a preacher's reserve, says he sees himself as a crusader for free speech, although he said that was never his intention.
		"Ake Green is only using his religion to say very bad things about gay and lesbian people as a group," said Soren Andersson, president of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights.
		Green said he felt compelled to speak out after seeing the power of the gay lobby in Swedish society.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A45538-2005Jan28?language=printer (1196 words)

	Tribute to Ake Green
		Swedish Pastor Ake Green, appearing before the Swedish Supreme Court Wednesday to answer to a “hate crimes” charge for preaching a sermon on homosexuality in 2003, capitalized on the occasion to evangelize the nation.
		Pastor Green was convicted of a hate crime and sentenced by a district court to one month in prison on June 20, 2004 for preaching a sermon in which he said, “What these people need, who live under the slavery of sexual immorality, is an abundant grace.
		Pastor Green said, “I think homosexuality and that lifestyle is abnormal and I want to be free to say that,” as part of his televised defence, according to BBC coverage.
	www.dornaslighthouse.com /ake_green.html (1414 words)

	Gay Spirituality & Culture: A rant against misguided, extreme queer activism
		Green had described homosexuality as "abnormal, a horrible cancerous tumor in the body of society." Soren Andersson, the president of the Swedish federation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights (RFSL), said on hearing Green's jail sentence that religious freedom could never be used as a reason to offend people.
		Ake Green did, however, include several things in his sermon that could neither be deemed as a quotation or a discussion about a quotation from the Bible.
		Green and his actions are worthy of appraisal or that he should be elevated to be a martyr of free speech.
	gayspirituality.typepad.com /blog/2004/07/this_makes_me_s.html (5208 words)

	News from Agape Press
		In the sermon, Green compared the sins of his nation to the sin of Sodom and described homosexuality as a "deep, cancerous tumor" on Swedish society.
		Benjamin Bull, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund -- a group that assisted Green in his defense -- said prior to this final ruling that homosexual activists in Sweden and all over the European Union were hoping to make an example of the minister.
		Green was the first clergyman convicted under Sweden's hate crimes legislation, which states that any "person who, through expression or other communication that is disseminated, threatens or expresses disrespect for a...
	headlines.agapepress.org /archive/12/302005f.asp (904 words)

	The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship :: Public Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In a unanimous decision Sweden’s highest court acquitted Pastor Ake Green of charges of ‘hate speech’ arising from a sermon he preached in July 2003 speaking against homosexual behaviours.
		Green had been convicted and sentenced by a lower court in 2004.
		Pastor Green said he was now free to preach the word of God, and the decision was a relief both for him and other preachers.
	www.lawcf.org /lawreformdetail.php?ID=162 (379 words)

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		Green prepared the sermon last year, on what the Bible says about homosexuality, with the intention that the townspeople of Borgholm come to hear him.
		The printed sermon was seen by local homosexuals and the district prosecutor, and Green was convicted in a district court and given a month in jail.
		But the Ake Green case is becoming an embarrassment for a nation which prides itself on its tolerance.
	www.cbn.com /CBNNews/CWN/091004sweden.asp (1028 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| 'Hate speech' pastor wins appeal
		The court said Aake Green was protected by free speech laws and that his sermon, in which he likened homosexuals with "cancer", was not a crime.
		Mr Green was convicted in June 2004 but allowed to remain free pending appeal.
		In Mr Green's case, the appeal court's verdict is unlikely to be the last word on the issue, as the prosecution also has the right to appeal, the Associated Press reports.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4256945.stm (479 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Green party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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	www.encyclopedia.com /printablenew/05393.html (722 words)

	Sweden -- Criminalizing Religious Speech -- Ake Green
		On June 29, 2003, Pentecostal Pastor Ake Green from Borgholm, Sweden was sentenced to one month of imprisonment for preaching a sermon which cited Biblical texts on homosexuality.
		The sermon was published in a local newspaper and Pastor Green was prosecuted for causing offense to the homosexual community.
		On November 29, 2005, Sweden's Supreme Court acquitted Pastor Ake Green of all charges in a unanimous 5-0 decision, preserving the fundamental freedom of religious expression as mandated by internatio...
	www.becketfund.org /index.php/case/93.html (755 words)

	Cranach: Comment on Swedish pastor acquitted in Bible as hate crime case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Pastor Ake Green is a very brave man. He must have known when he gave that sermon on homosexuality that it would be very controversial; yet, he felt strongly that his people neede to hear the Word of Sacred Scripture, which is crystal clear in its fundmental opposition to sexual sin including homosexuality.
		The court decision, which concluded that to punish Pastor Green for the sermon under Swedish "hate" laws would be a violation of broader EU speech law, is very important and perhaps a sign that there might be some hope for secular Europe.
		Ake Green was never indicted for preaching because NOBODY HEARD HIS SERMON.
	www.worldmagblog.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=21067 (558 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Swedish minister acquitted of hate speech charges
		Green, pastor of a Swedish Pentecostal Church congregation in Kalmar, Sweden, initially was convicted by a lower court for violating the country's laws against hate speech in 2004.
		Green, 64, was the first pastor to be convicted under the new laws, which were amended in 2003 to include homosexuals.
		The BBC reported Green had expressed little remorse over his comments, but in expressing relief at the high court's decision said in the future he would curb his comments about homosexuals since – because of the international notoriety of his case – everyone now knows his sentiments on the issue.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47633 (510 words)

	Washington Blade Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ake Green's contentious sermon in 2003 was protected by freedom of speech and religion under the European Convention on Human Rights, Sweden's Supreme Court ruled.
		The case stemmed from a 2003 sermon in which Green told his congregation that homosexuality was "a deep cancerous tumor on all of society," and he warned that Sweden risked a natural disaster because of leniency toward gays.
		While Tuesday's verdict secures Green's freedom, he says his biggest victory may be that the media attention surrounding the case gave him a platform to spread his message.
	www.washblade.com /thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=3785 (542 words)

	Michael Lewis Music Forums :: View topic - Swedish Pastor Imprisoned for Speaking against Homosexuality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Pro-family legal experts say Swedish Pastor Ake Green's fate is in God's hands, not in the hands of the Swedish Supreme Court -- but a verdict in his case could come from the Scandinavian nation's highest tribunal this week or next.
		Jacobson said the fact of the matter is that Green is being persecuted -- he didn't threaten or condemn anyone or engage in "hate speech," as Sweden's new hate crimes statute defines it.
		Green told Swedish news outlets he felt "relieved" by the verdict and that he had been prepared either for acquittal or going to jail.
	www.michaellewismusic.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=14590 (1379 words)

	Swedish anti-gay pastor acquitted
		Mr Green was the first cleric convicted under Sweden's new hate crimes law, which was amended two years ago to include homosexuals.
		In the sermon, Mr Green told a congregation on the small south-eastern island of Oland that homosexuals were "a deep cancer tumour on all of society" and that gays were more likely than other people to rape children and animals.
		Pastor Green told Swedish media he was relieved over the supreme court ruling and that he now would be free to preach the word of God.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/november2005/291105pastoracquitted.htm (347 words)

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		Inside Green’s small Pentecostal church in southern Sweden, worshippers pray for their pastor, that somehow he won't have to go to prison for preaching against homosexuality.
		Green was convicted in a district court and given a month in jail.
		But the Ake Green case is becoming an embarrassment for a nation that prides itself on its tolerance.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/CWN/051305sweden.asp (1032 words)

	VDARE.com: “The Darkest Corners Of Our World”?—Bush Can Start With Europe’s Hate Crime Crackdown, by Paul Belien
		There was even less attention for the conviction on June 29 of Swedish pastor Ake Green to one month imprisonment.
		Green was convicted by a Kalmar district court for describing homosexuality in a sermon as "a tumor on society."
		In Sweden, however, Ake Green had found that, though homosexuality may not be a crime, expressing the opinion that it is a sin definitely is a crime.
	www.vdare.com /misc/belien_050120_bush.htm (1271 words)

	Åke Green cleared over gay sermon (Sweden) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Green, from Borgholm on the Baltic Sea island of Öland, said he felt “relieved” by the verdict, in which he was cleared of the crime of ‘agitation against minority groups.’
		Green said the judgment was important for him and for his fellow preachers.
		Green and his lawyer Percy Bratt argued that these comments were simply a literal interpretation of the Bible.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1530384/posts (2232 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Pastor gets prison for sermon
		A Swedish court has sentenced Ake Green, a pastor belonging to the Pentecostal movement, to a month in prison, under a law against incitement, after he was found guilty of having offended homosexuals in a sermon, according to Ecumenical News International.
		Green had described homosexuality as "abnormal, a horrible cancerous tumor in the body of society" in a 2003 sermon.
		Soren Andersson, the president of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights, said on hearing Green's jail sentence that religious freedom could never be used as a reason to offend people.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39328 (119 words)

	Advocates Europe News
		The oral hearing in the Court of Appeal took place on January 19, 2005 and the amicus brief of AE presented by the Swedish lawyer defender of Pastor Green was mentioned in the protocol for the procedures.
		On February 11, 2005 the Court of Appeals in Sweden acquitted pastor Ake Green.
		Green was accused of inciting hatred and showing contempt in violation of the amended hate speech laws that added sexual orientation as a protected class.
	www.advocateseurope.org (1141 words)

	The Anti-Christian EU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ake Green, a Pentecostal pastor in Sweden, was sentenced to a month in prison for the supposed crime of preaching against the sin of homosexuality.
		In a 2003 sermon, Green described the vice as “abnormal, a horrible cancerous tumor in the body of society” and its practitioners as “perverts whose sexual drive the Devil has used as his strongest weapon against God.”
		But in the increasingly centralized European Union, once-independent nations who refuse to enact pro-homosexuality measures may have them stuffed down their throats in the name of “harmonizing” their laws with the new (not yet ratified) EU Constitution.
	www.stoptheftaa.org /artman/publish/printer_149.shtml (295 words)

	Hate Groups :: Swedish pastor disowns US hate site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ake Green, a pastor in Borgholm on Oland, is currently appealing a ruling by a court in Kalmar, which sentenced him to one month in prison under Swedish hate crimes legislation.
		Green had been prosecuted for using a number of anti-gay Bible passages in a sermon.
		Green said that he has contacted newspapers in the United States to distance himself from the comments on the website.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /10258 (484 words)

	Ake Green
		Ake Green is a Swedish pastor who was put on trial for preaching a sermon that shared his beliefs about homosexuality.
		He was sentenced to a month in prison for hate speech, but both sides appealed the decision: the prosecutor asked that the sentence be lengthened, and the defense asked for the original decision to be overturned.
		Ake Green Brief - A summary of the case and why it is important
	www.advocatesinternational.org /pages/global/resources/AkeGreen.php?PHPSESSID=960d5289dc63854fe0414ff1b912b0b0 (179 words)

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