Monday, January 27, 2014

My view on The Same Sex Marraige (Prohibition) Act (2013)


Yesterday my hubby was reading a Nigerian National Newspaper, and when I asked  him  for the main news, he said he was reading about gays and lesbians in Nigeria, they actually made the Headline. The other day my little cousin was imitating his sister and next thing I heard was ‘ Hakeem, stop behaving like a gay’. You turn on the radio, the discussions going on is all about gays and homosexuals. Honestly I have always known that homosexuals existed in Nigeria(Minority), but never believed that they were our main concern, when we have issues like terrorist attack, kidnapping, Assu strike, high level of unemployment, and poor economic condition in Nigeria to say the least. Its on this note that I congratulate, Federal Government for their massive publicity of same sex relationship.  This is exactly how developed countries like America who are now open to gay started, it was controversy upon controversy, punishment of offenders, discrimination,  publicity, more publicity through movies, press, music  etc until they started embracing it .

Are you visiting my blog, expecting that I may be supporting gay relationship? my response to this new law is as provided in the Act. The Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act imposes a prison sentence of 14 years for anyone found guilty of engaging in same-sex relationships, and states that anyone who "administers, witnesses, screens, abets and aids" a same-sex union can be imprisoned for 10 years.

 Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. What this means is that if I support same sex marriage I am most likely going to be sentenced for 10yrs, even if I don’t practice it. So I have no intention of spending time in KIRI KIRI PRISON! So I leave the struggle for the gays. Cheers.

 

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