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It should be an embarrassment to all my fellow Christians that it takes a backwards African nation of spear chucking nigra's to show us all how to deal with the mounting homer problems in more developed countries. Even more astounding is that the Nigerian population is mostly evenly divided between Christians and mooselimbs - indicating an uncommon bipartisan agreement on how to handle this. I have a hard time using the term "enlightened" for some backward nigra's, but that's what it is.
You would think that in our own country where we have a Kenyan as president that is constantly referring to his African "roots" and his "dreams" from his African father would show some leadership here. Instead Obama says he has "evolved" - whatever that means, probably trying to blame Darwin.
Contrast this with the video from 1967 (below) where CBS's famed journalist Mike Wallace reports on our homers and the rather "liberal" laws at the time. That's what happens when you go soft on homers, the problem gets worse.
We need to keep an eye on the Nigerians to see how all this works out and perhaps learn from their experience.
1967 CBS Documentary - 'The Homosexuals' by Mike Wallace
You would think that in our own country where we have a Kenyan as president that is constantly referring to his African "roots" and his "dreams" from his African father would show some leadership here. Instead Obama says he has "evolved" - whatever that means, probably trying to blame Darwin.
Contrast this with the video from 1967 (below) where CBS's famed journalist Mike Wallace reports on our homers and the rather "liberal" laws at the time. That's what happens when you go soft on homers, the problem gets worse.
We need to keep an eye on the Nigerians to see how all this works out and perhaps learn from their experience.
Dozens arrested for being gay in north Nigeria
Posted: Jan 14, 2014 6:31 AM CST Updated: Jan 14, 2014 3:52 PM CST
By MICHELLE FAUL
Associated Press
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - First the police targeted the gay men, then tortured them into naming dozens of others who now are being hunted down, human rights activists said Tuesday, warning that such persecution will rise under a new Nigerian law.
The men's alleged crime? Belonging to a gay organization. The punishment? Up to 10 years in jail under the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which has elicited international condemnation for criminalizing gay marriage, gay organizations and anyone working with or promoting them.
There were varying accounts of how many arrests were made in Nigeria's Bauchi state, and a local law enforcement official denied that anyone was tortured. Nevertheless, the aggressive police action shows that Africa's most populous country is attempting to enforce anti-gay measures that are becoming increasingly common throughout the continent.
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Chairman Mustapha Baba Ilela of Bauchi state Shariah Commission, which oversees regulation of Islamic law, said that 11 gay men have been arrested over the past two weeks. He said community members helped "fish out" the suspects and that "we are on the hunt for others."
Bauchi state has both a Western-style penal code and Shariah, or Islamic law, which is implemented to different degrees in nine of Nigeria's 36 states. About half of the country's more than 175 million people are Muslims, the other half Christians.
Ilela said all 11 arrested - 10 Muslims and a non-Muslim - signed confessions that they belonged to a gay organization, but that some of them retracted the statements in court.
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The Nigerian law provides penalties of up to 14 years in jail for a gay marriage and up to 10 years' imprisonment for membership or encouragement of gay clubs, societies and organizations. That could include even groups formed to combat AIDS among gays, activists said.
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Posted: Jan 14, 2014 6:31 AM CST Updated: Jan 14, 2014 3:52 PM CST
By MICHELLE FAUL
Associated Press
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - First the police targeted the gay men, then tortured them into naming dozens of others who now are being hunted down, human rights activists said Tuesday, warning that such persecution will rise under a new Nigerian law.
The men's alleged crime? Belonging to a gay organization. The punishment? Up to 10 years in jail under the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which has elicited international condemnation for criminalizing gay marriage, gay organizations and anyone working with or promoting them.
There were varying accounts of how many arrests were made in Nigeria's Bauchi state, and a local law enforcement official denied that anyone was tortured. Nevertheless, the aggressive police action shows that Africa's most populous country is attempting to enforce anti-gay measures that are becoming increasingly common throughout the continent.
…
Chairman Mustapha Baba Ilela of Bauchi state Shariah Commission, which oversees regulation of Islamic law, said that 11 gay men have been arrested over the past two weeks. He said community members helped "fish out" the suspects and that "we are on the hunt for others."
Bauchi state has both a Western-style penal code and Shariah, or Islamic law, which is implemented to different degrees in nine of Nigeria's 36 states. About half of the country's more than 175 million people are Muslims, the other half Christians.
Ilela said all 11 arrested - 10 Muslims and a non-Muslim - signed confessions that they belonged to a gay organization, but that some of them retracted the statements in court.
…
The Nigerian law provides penalties of up to 14 years in jail for a gay marriage and up to 10 years' imprisonment for membership or encouragement of gay clubs, societies and organizations. That could include even groups formed to combat AIDS among gays, activists said.
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