“It is nothing to celebrate that one is gay. Us heterosexuals have never celebrated our orientation. This cheering of gays is disruptive to our society. You can almost get the impression that it is better to be homosexual than heterosexual. I think this is very sad.”

— Carl I. Hagen

Comment in connection with the annual Europride, in Dagbladet (24 June 2005) http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/06/24/435542.html

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Norwegian politician 1944

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