Norwegian Paper on Homosexual Objection to Letter: “We must dare to print opinions that we don’t like.”
By Peter J. Smith

FARSUND, Norway, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Norwegian newspaper and politician are facing charges for “promoting discrimination on the basis of sexual preference” reports Aftenposten, a Norwegian news source.

Odd Djøseland, a member of Norway’s Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) and member of the local healthcare commission, submitted a letter to the editor of Farsunds Avis, in which he pined for a community beach that heterosexuals could enjoy without homosexuals “drooling” over them.

“I therefore want a beach in our community that’s free of gays and lesbians, a place where we normal, heterosexual people can sunbathe and swim in peace and quiet,” said Djøseland in a letter he maintained was written in a “humorous vein,” according to Aftenposten. the rest