According to PinkNews today, the Supreme Court of Sweden has invoked protections of speech and religion to uphold an appeals court verdict that anti-homosexual remarks in a sermon by Pastor Ake Green could not be prosecuted. The Pentecostal pastor was the first clergyman to be convicted under Sweden's hate crimes law which was amended in 2003 to include attacks against homosexuals.
UPDATE: Further background information, including a transcript of the offending sermon, can be found on this website devoted to the case.
