On 22 September, 1994 at the age of 88 Kaspars Aleksandrs Irbe wrote in his personal diary that an article by the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Consistory had been published in a newspaper, in which homosexuality was condemned and, in accordance with biblical verses, was recognized as a mortal sin. He commented briefly:
Homosexuals should not boast too openly about their misfortune – by holding demonstrations, etc. – but one should not be punished or persecuted, because a person is not guilty for being tormented with great force by such urges. After all, this has been acknowledged by prominent scientists around the world.
Later he commented on news in the press of pride events abroad. Although Irbe puts a question mark at the end of the sentence, thus questioning the statement, he refers to homosexuality as “an abnormality – a misfortune”. “Should one’s abnormality-misfortune be demonstrated in this way?” – he questioned this himself. Despite accepting his queer sexuality as normal sin...