http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/16/nigeria-anti-gay-law_n_4612390.html
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NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Christian and Muslim leaders in Nigeria welcomed a controversial law that bans same-sex marriages and imposes a 14-year jail term for homosexual relations.
On Monday (Jan. 13), President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which parliament passed in May. The law follows a similar one passed in Uganda in December, which imposes life imprisonment for some types of homosexual acts.
“This is the right thing,” said the Rev. Musa Asake, general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria. “We don’t have to drift into a situation where we don’t have moral values because someone is giving us money.”
Asake was referring to financial incentives from Western nations tied to legal changes on homosexuality.
With the law taking effect immediately, the Nigerian police rounded up scores of gays and lesbians and locked them in jail, according to Amnesty International.
Leaders of African gay and lesbian organizations have urged the world to unite against such legislation.
“This is a dangerous move,” said the Rev. Michael Kimindu, president of Other Sheep Africa, an organization caring for gays. “The rest of the world should not allow these laws to continue. Those who fear God and love humanity should sit together and ensure that gay people, their families and friends are not trampled on.”
A sad day indeed. The hatred of gay people must be one of the few things that christians and muslims have on common. Not far away in C.A.R. they are busy slaughtering each other. A pox on all of them.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Christian and Muslim leaders in Nigeria welcomed a controversial law that bans same-sex marriages and imposes a 14-year jail term for homosexual relations.
On Monday (Jan. 13), President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which parliament passed in May. The law follows a similar one passed in Uganda in December, which imposes life imprisonment for some types of homosexual acts.
“This is the right thing,” said the Rev. Musa Asake, general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria. “We don’t have to drift into a situation where we don’t have moral values because someone is giving us money.”
Asake was referring to financial incentives from Western nations tied to legal changes on homosexuality.
With the law taking effect immediately, the Nigerian police rounded up scores of gays and lesbians and locked them in jail, according to Amnesty International.
Leaders of African gay and lesbian organizations have urged the world to unite against such legislation.
“This is a dangerous move,” said the Rev. Michael Kimindu, president of Other Sheep Africa, an organization caring for gays. “The rest of the world should not allow these laws to continue. Those who fear God and love humanity should sit together and ensure that gay people, their families and friends are not trampled on.”
A sad day indeed. The hatred of gay people must be one of the few things that christians and muslims have on common. Not far away in C.A.R. they are busy slaughtering each other. A pox on all of them.
