SWEDEN TO CRIMINALIZE OPPOSITION TO HOMOSEXUALITY

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Swedish government is moving toward prohibiting citizens from opposing homosexuality according to a pro-life Swedish member of Parliament.  If it goes ahead next year, the move would amend the country’s constitution to ban speech or materials, such as biblical injunctions, opposing homosexuality and other “alternative lifestyles.” Violators could face prison.  Annalie Enochson, described by Focus on the Family news services as “a Christian member of Parliament,” said the homosexual lobby in Sweden is small but powerful. She noted the measure passed with only 56 percent in Parliament. “Usually, if you change the constitution it should be nearly everybody – I mean, it should be about 80 or 90 percent,” Enochson said. “Fifty-six is very, very low.”  The amendment must be voted on again after elections this September. If it passes again, it would become effective next January. Enochson said under the amendment, Christians could be arrested for speaking out in churches. “That means people coming from [the homosexual] lobby group could sit in our churches having on the tape recorder and listen to somebody and say, ‘What you’re saying now is against our constitution.’”  To read the Focus on the Family report see: https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0021073.html