Gay Marriage Outlawed in Nigeria after Lawmakers’ Vote with Penalty of 14 Years

[Emperah]

Good fi Nigeria not following babylon shytstem



Gay Marriage Outlawed in Nigeria after Lawmakers’ Vote with Penalty of 14 Years in Prison


By Staff in Christian News · June 3, 2013 · No comments

President Goodluck Jonathan

By Staff Blogger

The Nigerian House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to outlaw gay marriage, last Thursday. Part of that bill includes provisions for sending offenders to jail for up to 14 years for breaking that law.
Apparently the Nigerian Senate has also approved a bill dealing with gay marriage but at this time it is not clear if the bills are the same. If they are however, the bill will go before the president, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, for his approval.
The bill also states that “any person, who registers, operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organizations or directly or indirectly makes a public show of a same-s*x amorous relationship commits an offence and shall be liable to a term of 10 years imprisonment.”
Rashidi Williams, director of Nigeria’s Queer Alliance, a human rights group, said that he didn’t feel safe any longer in Nigeria under this new law. He went on to say that he thinks it will encourage violence towards gay people.
Williams continued by saying that the gay rights should be respected and protected by the government, instead of being persecuted.
Human Rights lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, said that there was no pressing reason for the government to pass a bill against gay marriage and he thought that it was just an “unnecessary publicity stunt.”
Whether Jonathan will approve the bill is still unclear but both the United States and England have expressed concern because they think that it might jeopadize foreign funding for AIDS and HIV outreach programs.
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, said that the government of England would consider withholding aid to countries that do not respect gay rights. The U.S. has expressed similar concerns about the new Nigerian legislation.
Gay s*x has been banned in Nigeria since the days of British colonial rule. In a nation of more than 160 million people, gays have already been facing open discrimination and abuse for years.
Probably, one of the only things that both the Christian and Muslim population of Nigeria agree on is the opposition of homosexuality.

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[Peasie]

Of course this is from All Christian News network.

Nigeria has some serious issues. Gay marriage is least of them.

[RichD]

I like Goodluck's hat....

[Emperah]

Of course this is from All Christian News network.

Nigeria has some serious issues. Gay marriage is least of them.

As a christian urself yuh tink you wouldan want fi applaud dis

[Peasie]

As a christian urself yuh tink you wouldan want fi applaud dis

As a matter of a fact, I am a Christian and I do not applaud this sh!t. Thank you.

[Emperah]

Then u can't be a christian then

[RichD]

Gay couples who display "public shows" of affection in Nigeria could be imprisoned for 10 years, under proposed new laws.
The measures, passed by Nigeria's House of Representatives, also outlaw any groups supporting gay rights and makes illegal gay marriage.
The bill must now be signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan, however, it is unclear if he will do so.
The UK has threatened to stop aid to nations that discriminate against gay people, however, the money given to the west African country is minimal.
Under the proposed law, Nigeria would ban same-sex marriage and those who do marry could face up to 14 years in prison. Witnesses or anyone who helps homosexual couples marry could be sentenced to 10 years in jail.
A 10-year prison term would also be given to those showing affection in public and those advocating gay rights.
The bill has been condemned by campaigners who say that it will encourage other nations to follow suit and increase or introduce stringent jail terms for homosexuals.
The London-based gay rights charity, the Kaleidoscope Trust, has called on President Jonathan not to sign the proposed new laws into force.
President Jonathan meets David Cameron last yearThe charity’s director of faith and social development, Reverend Ijeoma Ajibade, said: "This legislation denies LGBT Nigerians their fundamental rights. By claiming it is about outlawing same-sex marriage, the parliament is deliberately misleading people.
"Not a single group in my home country has asked for gay marriage. They ask only for the same rights to freedom from discrimination, personal liberty, human dignity and privacy that all Nigerians are entitled to under the constitution."
Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian gay rights activist and one of the founders of the Kaleidoscope Trust, told Sky News: "On behalf of Nigerian LGBT and our straight allies, families and friends, I strongly condemn this outrageous act from Nigerian lawmakers and demand that we challenge them against this blatant infringement of the fundamental human rights of already vulnerable and at risk group."
Hooman Nouruzi, a spokesman for the British High Commission in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, said diplomats were examining the measures but declined to comment immediately.
The bill was first passed by the Senate in November 2011 but disappeared for some time before coming up in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
Then the measures drew the fire of the businessman, Sir Richard Branson, who wrote in his blog: "Too sad to comprehend that Nigeria are passing a law in this day and age to put gay people in prison just for being gay."
Gay sex has been banned in Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people, since colonial rule by the British.
Across the African continent, many countries already have made homosexuality punishable by jail sentences.
Ugandan legislators introduced a bill that would impose the death penalty for some gays and lesbians, though it was amended in November to remove the threat of execution.
Even in South Africa, the one country where gays can marry, lesbians have been brutally attacked and murdered in so-called "corrective rapes."

[Peasie]

Then u can't be a christian then

I can't be the Christian you have been exposed to or have preconceived ideas about. Take off the blinders, my friend.

[Emperah]

I can't be the Christian you have been exposed to or have preconceived ideas about. Take off the blinders, my friend.

mi jus a guh by wah it seh inna de bible unno hold as de word of God

[Suesumba]

Nigeria has some serious issues. Gay marriage is least of them.

goodluck to them addressing those issues -- like most politicians they choose to deflect using *hot button* issues