Faroe Islands foreign minister dismissed after homophobic remarks

The foreign minister of the Faroe Islands has been sacked by the territorial government after making homophobic remarks. Jenis av Rana was widely criticised for stating that he could not support the leader of the Danish conservative party Søren Pape Poulsen, who is openly gay, as prime minister. “Living as a so-called homosexual is against the basic law that I, my party, and I think the Faroe Islands follow,” he said during a radio broadcast in late October. The comments — made ahead of Denmark’s parliamentary elections, won by Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats — caused outrage and led to…

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