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I'm not coming to dinner!

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Image via Wikipedia COPENHAGEN - The leader of a Faroe Islands political party took a stand in favor of sexual morality on Tuesday when he refused to dine with Iceland Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir and her lesbian partner during a state visit to his country. Sigurdardóttir, who has lead Iceland since 2009, is a practicing lesbian who "married" her partner Jónina Leósdóttir in a highly publicized ceremony in June of this year.  Calling the presence of Leósdóttir a "provocation," Member of Parliament Jenis av Rana refused to attend at dinner in honor of the prime minister. "My party is formally against homosexual marriage ," said av Rana. "If I were to participate in the official dinner, it would be the same as saying that I support a union that is contrary to nature and condemned by the Bible. And that is something I will not risk under any circumstances." Although av Rana belongs to a more conservative Christian political party, hi