Now that the US has demonstrated its commitment to equality before the law, by ensuring same-sex couples can now marry in all 50 states ...
Now
that the US has demonstrated its commitment to equality before the law,
by ensuring same-sex couples can now marry in all 50 states of the
confederate following its historic Supreme Court’s ruling which gave
marriage equality as a constitutional right throughout the country one
will wonder if this trend will find its way to Nigeria.
In
Nigeria, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons are
still facing legal and social challenges. Here, same-sex sexual
relationship is not only illegal, it is a punishable offence.
According to the stipulations of Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in
Nigeria, offenders are to face 14 years’ imprisonment , and the
punishment is death by stoning in the twelve northern states that have
adopted Sharia law , which applies to all Muslims and to those who have
voluntarily consented to application of the Sharia courts in the region.
Nigeria has been criticized severely by civil rights organizations, as well as the United Nations, for failing to uphold, and violating, the rights of LGBT people but this has not changed the cultural disposition of its people to the topic.
However, the golden question is, can you ever imagine same-sex relationship and/ or marriage becoming a way of life in Nigeria?
Some Nigerians view on the topi
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/will-you-support-gay-rights-in-nigeria/#sthash.qdlQtgcX.dpuf
In
Nigeria, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons are
still facing legal and social challenges. Here, same-sex sexual
relationship is not only illegal, it is a punishable offence.Nigeria has been criticized severely by civil rights organizations, as well as the United Nations, for failing to uphold, and violating, the rights of LGBT people but this has not changed the cultural disposition of its people to the topic.
However, the golden question is, can you ever imagine same-sex relationship and/ or marriage becoming a way of life in Nigeria?
Some Nigerians view on the topi
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/will-you-support-gay-rights-in-nigeria/#sthash.qdlQtgcX.dpuf
Now
that the US has demonstrated its commitment to equality before the law,
by ensuring same-sex couples can now marry in all 50 states of the
confederate following its historic Supreme Court’s ruling which gave
marriage equality as a constitutional right throughout the country one
will wonder if this trend will find its way to Nigeria.
In
Nigeria, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons are
still facing legal and social challenges. Here, same-sex sexual
relationship is not only illegal, it is a punishable offence.
According to the stipulations of Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in
Nigeria, offenders are to face 14 years’ imprisonment , and the
punishment is death by stoning in the twelve northern states that have
adopted Sharia law , which applies to all Muslims and to those who have
voluntarily consented to application of the Sharia courts in the region.
Nigeria has been criticized severely by civil rights organizations, as well as the United Nations, for failing to uphold, and violating, the rights of LGBT people but this has not changed the cultural disposition of its people to the topic.
However, the golden question is, can you ever imagine same-sex relationship and/ or marriage becoming a way of life in Nigeria?
Some Nigerians view on the topi
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/will-you-support-gay-rights-in-nigeria/#sthash.qdlQtgcX.dpuf
In
Nigeria, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons are
still facing legal and social challenges. Here, same-sex sexual
relationship is not only illegal, it is a punishable offence.Nigeria has been criticized severely by civil rights organizations, as well as the United Nations, for failing to uphold, and violating, the rights of LGBT people but this has not changed the cultural disposition of its people to the topic.
However, the golden question is, can you ever imagine same-sex relationship and/ or marriage becoming a way of life in Nigeria?
Some Nigerians view on the topi
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/will-you-support-gay-rights-in-nigeria/#sthash.qdlQtgcX.dpuf