Denmark should withdraw from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after Austrian drag singer Conchita Wurst won this year’s contest in Copenhagen, according to Christian party Kristendemokraterne leader Stig Grenov.
Grenov said this year’s contest was “against Christian values”, noting that it has been labelled as a victory for tolerance but it wasn’t that at all. He claimed that Wurst abused the show to make a political point.
The party leader insisted he was not against gay people, but that “homosexual forces have hijacked the Eurovision” and want to wipe out any differences in identity and gender. He explained that they have “raped the show” and force-fed it to everyone that they want all things to be the same. He acknowledged that people should be entitled to live how they want to, but should not take it upon themselves to promote a “wrong” lifestyle during a song contest.
A recent poll showed that Kristendemokraterne, which was last represented in parliament in 2011, holds just 0.4 per cent of the country’s vote.
The party said that rather than entering the Eurovision next year, Denmark should inject the funds into fighting the persecution of minorities. It did not say whether it viewed Christianity as a minority, although a poll in January showed that just 41 per cent of people in Denmark believe in God.