• Being homosexual in Nigeria can now get you a 10-15 year jail sentence after new bill was passed
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[release] ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate passed a bill on Tuesday to criminalise gay marriage and any same-sex "amorous relationship", a major step in putting in place a law that has drawn widespread criticism in Western countries. The Senate increased the punishment for gay marriage from the five years' imprisonment originally proposed in the draft bill, to 14 years. The legislation must be passed by the House of Representatives and signed by President Goodluck Jonathan before it becomes law. "Persons who entered into a same-sex marriage contract, or civil union commit an offence and are each liable on conviction to a term of 14 years in prison," the bill says. "Any person who registers, operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organisations or directly or indirectly makes public show of same-sex amorous relationship in Nigeria commits an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a term of 10 years in prison." Two similar bills have been proposed since 2006 but failed to pass before the expiry of the parliamentary term. The current national assembly has more than three years left on its tenure. Africa's most populous nation is the latest on the continent to try to tighten laws against homosexuality, angering human rights groups and leading Western countries like Britain to threaten a withdrawal of foreign aid. The Senate said it had been warned that Britain could cut aid if the bill was passed. "Anybody can write to us but our values are our values. If there is any country that does not want to give us aid or assistance just because we want to hold on to our values, that country can keep her aid and assistance," Senate President David Mark said after the bill was passed.* "We should make that point very clear in this matter. No country has the right to interfere in the way we make our own laws because we don't interfere in the way others make their own laws." Threats by British Prime Minister David Cameron to cut aid to African countries that do not respect gay rights have sparked outrage in aid-dependent Uganda and Malawi. But Nigeria, whose treasury is fed by its 2 million barrel-per-day oil production, can afford to overlook such threats. As in much of sub-Saharan Africa, anti-gay sentiment is rife in Nigeria, so the new legislation is not unpopular. A British High Commission spokesman in Nigeria's capital Abuja declined to comment on the Senate's decision. [/release] [url]http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7AS0D520111129?pageNumber=1[/url] At least Nigerian scammers jailed in Nigeria will drop the soap even less
Shits insane.
Damn Nigerian princes. People give them money and they ban homosexuality.
Yeah well they shouldn't be such fags next time. [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Yes it's sarcasm, for all you Autists out there.
They shouldn't have been eating all that poo.
[QUOTE=acds;33492527]Yeah well they shouldn't be such fags next time. [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Yes it's sarcasm, for all you Autists out there.[/QUOTE] That isn't even funny in the slightest
Let's just take a step backwards in time
I initially got my hopes up because I originally thought they were reducing the penalty. Now they have been let down.
I think every country that has any sort of an active trade or supports them with foreign aid should withdraw/cancel any agreements.
Thanks missionaries :)
That bill is so gay.
So what are they gonna do once everyone is enjoying the massive pride meet-up in jail? Longer sentences?
Lets do the time warp again!
Yeah, because after 10 years in prison maybe their homosexuality will have worn off! :v:
This is extremely disgusting and terrible.
Nigeria sure hates their poopoo eating people
Get the nukes people
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;33495775]Get the nukes people[/QUOTE] nukes are gay
The only way I will ever approve of this is if every gay person in Nigeria is also a nigerian scammer.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;33496125]Wait...why a time period? Like, they shouldn't be going to jail at all, but afterward do they think they'll just...stop being gay? Are they retarded?[/QUOTE] They are probably believe that being gay is a choice or some other dumb stuff.
Sadly, Nigeria is just one of many. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lgbt_rights_by_country[/url]
This is ridiculous! It's 2011 people, why are we still acting like this?
Nigeria has a very strong religious presence. This isn't too surprising though, many countries in Africa seem to be moving backwards in terms of human rights.
[QUOTE=Scar;33492550]That isn't even funny in the slightest[/QUOTE] Sarcasm doesn't need to be funny :colbert:
Don't they realise that they're just going to drop the soap on purpose?
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[QUOTE=EmZajex;33496407]This is ridiculous! It's 2011 people, why are we still acting like this?[/QUOTE] Its Africa.
[QUOTE=EmZajex;33496407]This is ridiculous! It's 2011 people, why are we still acting like this?[/QUOTE] It would be interesting to put countries' laws on a timeline, with more freedoms being present date, and less freedoms an earlier date, where such laws would have been the norm. I bet they're still stuck in the 1800's if not earlier.
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;33496003]nukes are gay[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;YVxn6wn-2Xc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxn6wn-2Xc[/video] good, Nigeria will get gaydiation poisoning and become a bunch of fags.
It's a shame that this kind of crap has to happen. As if being homosexual is actually doing any real damage to anyone.
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