Nigeria to ban ‘any form of association among gays.’
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Nigeria to ban ‘any form of association among gays.’
“Lawmakers in Nigeria are debating a bill that would ban same-sex marriage and any form of association among gays, even sharing a meal at a restaurant,” the AP reports. “Few in Nigeria’s deeply closeted gay community have publicly opposed the legislation, which proposes penalties of up to five years in prison and is widely expected to pass.”
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Medieval African Family Values!
December 12th, 2006 at 6:16 pmThe Nigerian government better ban soy-based products too.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:18 pmThere sure is a lot of insecure male leadership in the world.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:19 pmNot that I’m supporting what Nigeria is doing, but to all those in this country who suggest if we don’t like things we should leave, and also ‘hate the gays’ … if Nigeria passes this bill, there will now be somewhere for you to go if you don’t like the fact that the majority of United Statesians support equality for all.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:20 pmGood. Homosexuality isn’t right, period.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:28 pmHow exactly are they going to enforce this law? Somehow I see pink triangles on sleeves in the future…
December 12th, 2006 at 6:35 pmMemory lapse here folks, can anyone help me remember which major oil company it is that runs Nigeria?
December 12th, 2006 at 6:35 pmHi Daryll!
Sounds like there are some serious employment oportunities for you in an erotic (oops, sorry little fella, I mean exotic) land…
This is why a couple of chritianist parishes in virginia want to affliate with a nigerian bishop who supports this legislation. It’s all about hatred with these people
December 12th, 2006 at 6:35 pmGood. Homosexuality isn’t right, period.
Comment by Daryll — December 12, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
Jesus says it makes him mad when you judge people like that Daryll. Now get off this blog and go thump your bible some more…
December 12th, 2006 at 6:37 pmHmm, all those men hanging around Internet cafes sending out Nigerian scam emails, seems kinda gay.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:37 pmI know you folk will not believe this, but I am a supporter of gay marriage. I think that if 2 people find each other in this crazy world and can make it work, have at it. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything about another country’s poloicy as long as it does not endanger the US.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:38 pmGood. Homosexuality isn’t right, period.
Comment by Daryll
And Daryll shows up, right on cue.
So, Daryll, you would have people reduced to non-personhood simply because they, as God’s precious creations, are gay.
Your god makes a lot of mistakes, doesn’t he?
December 12th, 2006 at 6:38 pmYou know Daryll, if I actually thought about gay sex, like you do, I would be repulsed too. But I don’t think about gay sex. Whatever people do in their own privacy is not for me to judge. Its for God to judge, not you either. You don’t know what God judges from a 3000 year old book. Heck, rules change over time. Where’s the updated modern version?
December 12th, 2006 at 6:43 pmI know you folk will not believe this, but I am a supporter of gay marriage. I think that if 2 people find each other in this crazy world and can make it work, have at it.
Comment by Kevin
Exactly, Kevin. Good for you.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:45 pmYour god makes a lot of mistakes, doesn’t he?
Comment by Zooey — December 12, 2006 @ 6:38 pm
Is that a cue for me to mention male nipples some more?
December 12th, 2006 at 6:45 pmIs that a cue for me to mention male nipples some more?
Comment by unbelievable
NO!!
Although you just did it…
December 12th, 2006 at 6:48 pmWhere’s the updated modern version?
Comment by ForTruth — December 12, 2006 @ 6:43 pm
It’s going as fast as Jerry Falwell’s fat little fingers can peck at the keyboard…
He’s adding some new stuff about hating liberals, by the way. A burning Bush told him to put in in there…
December 12th, 2006 at 6:52 pmAlthough you just did it…
Comment by Zooey — December 12, 2006 @ 6:48 pm
Heh.. :D
December 12th, 2006 at 6:52 pmGods makes no mistakes,
December 12th, 2006 at 6:54 pmthey create learning experiences…..
( and I’m still trying to learn why there are so many species of mosquitos….)
So, lawmakers in Nigeria and our christian right have something in common. How about that.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:54 pmOkay my plan:
all the Christian evangelicals can move to Nigeria, this will do two things; one remove them from my country, and 2 help stabalize nigeria into a more hated country then the US.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:17 pmWhy are so many people concerned about other people’s sexuality?
Seriously, who the hell really cares if someone is gay or straight or bisexual? And why is someone’s sexuality a matter of government policy?
In the larger scheme of things, what does it truly matter?
December 12th, 2006 at 7:31 pmAnd how did all you gay-loving, non-hating, free-willed ’spinsters’ get here in the first place? By jumping into bed with Kevin, Zooey and a bulldog that’s more like for 69? Get a life y’all!
December 12th, 2006 at 7:32 pmDaryll’s kids are going to end up being gay when they grow up. It serves him right.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:35 pmIt’s all about xenophobia. What one does not understand or finds foreign, is automatically a threat. Any government that reduces the freedoms of others, when the act in question does not cause harm, is off track and is not acting as a responsible government.
http://www.getsomejosh.com
December 12th, 2006 at 7:36 pmA burning Bush told him to put in in there…
Comment by unbelievable
I was hoping for a more progressive modern version. Oh, well, I can live with a burning-hot bush.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:38 pmAnd how did all you gay-loving, non-hating, free-willed ’spinsters’ get here in the first place? By jumping into bed with Kevin, Zooey and a bulldog that’s more like for 69? Get a life y’all!
Comment by Egoigwe
So your saying even all of us wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the “right” way to have sex, heterosexually.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:39 pmI wonder what male nipples are for too.
They are a little more sensitive than the surrounding area, maybe they’re just for your lady to play with.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:41 pmSorry I just looked at my comments, I’m sick and need help. ;)
December 12th, 2006 at 7:41 pmDaryll, help me…
December 12th, 2006 at 7:45 pmSorry I just looked at my comments, I’m sick and need help. ;)
Comment by ForTruth
Heh.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:48 pmBy jumping into bed with Kevin, Zooey and a bulldog that’s more like for 69? Get a life y’all!
Comment by Egoigwe
Dude, any ’spinster’ who jumps into bed with me, ain’t gonna be producing offspring.
I know you’re already thinking about other people’s business way too much, but think about this one for just a minute…
December 12th, 2006 at 7:51 pmIf Nigeria wants to discourage “gayness”, then it must ban soy products.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/12/soy_makes_you_g_1.html
Thought I would die laughing after reading the above article.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:51 pmGood. Homosexuality isn’t right, period.
Comment by Daryll — December 12, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
Let’s assume, for the sake of the argument, that this is true.
Why do you even bloody care?
Yes, god said it is an abomination in his eyes. So? The problem would be between god, and those people who are committing the abomination because we are talking about consenting adults.
Sex between consenting adults is a private affair. Private. How, when, where, and with whom is their problem, not yours, or any body else’s for that matter. It is a disgrace that Nigeria, with so many pressing problems, makes a priority out of singling out gays.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:54 pmThought I would die laughing after reading the above article.
Comment by CoffinsDrapedWithFlags
You’ll die for sure reading the comments on the thread below. :)
December 12th, 2006 at 7:56 pmHomosexuality isn’t right, period.
Comment by Daryll
Mr. Daryll, the human have assigned “right” and “wrong” to things. Who are you to know what’s “right” or “wrong” more than anyone else?
December 12th, 2006 at 7:59 pmLet me get this straight, homosexuality is an abomination in god’s eyes. If god have eyes, then god is human and god is no longer a god. Spirits don’t need eyes.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:00 pmZooey, #35 are you referring to the article about Bush sending more Americans to their death in Iraq?
December 12th, 2006 at 8:02 pmFamily Values, Afro-Caribbean style.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:02 pmOnly took us 40 posts to hit a Godwin. Impressive.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:18 pmCoffins,
Here:
December 12th, 2006 at 8:19 pmhttp://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/a-devil-food-is-turning-our-kids-into-homosexuals/
Watch the movie about Fela Anikulapi Kuti, one of the greatest musicians the African Continent gave birth to.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:24 pm“The Best Of Fela Kuti – Music Is The Weapon Of The Future”
You can see Christianity at its best…
I lived in Nigeria for a while. It is a huge, complicated country beset by tribal and religious divides and weakly governed save when the military takes over as it does from time to time. At the same time, it enjoys a competent civil service whose mandarins manage to sustain some order despite the occasional idiocy of their political masters.
I suspect that the proposed anti-gay legislation is political kabuki that will never be enacted or, if enacted will never be enforced. The Nigerian Federation works only when the politicians in power accept and endure with good grace the extraordinary social, tribal and religious diversity of the place and work creatively with the extraordinary economic strengths and weaknesses of the one country in Africa that may become – I believe will become – the “black power” within the vast and troubled continent of Africa.
As for the gay legislation nonsense, I lived in a Nigerian world in which I was expected to hold hands with male friends rather as George Bush does with his well-robed Saudi paramours. On return to Canada I found it unnecessary to avoid soy products or pink shirts in order to sustain my fragile heterosexuality.
Nigerian guys hold hands. Some are gay, most not. If the Nigerian Government wants to smoke out and clobber gays I have to wonder how it will succeed in doing this.
Kabuki, methinks.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:30 pmThanks Bob. Good info.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:42 pmGood. Homosexuality isn’t right, period.
Daryll, you said it wrong. It should be “That just ain’t right”. Inbreeding is wrong too. Do you hate your parents/grandparents?
December 12th, 2006 at 8:44 pmDaryll’s kids are going to end up being gay when they grow up. It serves him right.
Darnit, they won’t be gay!! They will however, struggle to field a full set of teeth and they will know how to play “Dueling Banjos”.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:45 pmI was hoping for a more progressive modern version. Oh, well, I can live with a burning-hot bush.
Comment by ForTruth — December 12, 2006 @ 7:38 pm
Jay Baker claims to have that – gays allowed at his progressive new version of Christianity… And the fact that he’s doing it on a reality series makes me think there really is no suchthing…
December 12th, 2006 at 8:51 pmhomofascist isn’t a word. Could you quit being idiotic?
December 12th, 2006 at 8:55 pmCould you quit being idiotic?
Comment by Phil — December 12, 2006 @ 8:55 pm
I don’t think he can. I think it’s genetic…
December 12th, 2006 at 8:57 pm#57 Now we get into the nature vs. nurture debate. I think his parents are probably morons too.
December 12th, 2006 at 9:01 pmNow we get into the nature vs. nurture debate. I think his parents are probably morons too.
Comment by JPark — December 12, 2006 @ 9:01 pm
I was thinking he was deficient in both areas due to inbreeding and being chained in the basement, I mean homeschooled…
December 12th, 2006 at 9:08 pmOver 2000 years homosexuality has been considered a deviant persuit (sic) (that means you spelled it wrong, moron). Prove it.
December 12th, 2006 at 9:10 pm#62 I cannot argue. Being chained in the basement with only a banjo to keep you company…gives me shivers.
December 12th, 2006 at 9:11 pmbraindead, learn to spell. If not, drop the insulting moniker, dumbass.
December 12th, 2006 at 9:12 pmGood. Homosexuality isn’t right, period.
Comment by Daryll — December 12, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
I missed the period for a moment there and thought Daryll was referencing Good Homosexuality, you know, as opposed to Bad Homosexuality.
December 12th, 2006 at 9:29 pmWhich one are you Daryll?
for over 2000 years homosexuality has been considered a deviant persuit
By whom?>
December 12th, 2006 at 9:32 pmIt has been in and out of vogue in many societies. The right wing exclusionist Hallalujiaists are the current homophobes I worry about.
Gays don’t bother me a damn bit, don’t interfere with my ability or desire to be a good husband and father, why do they scare you so badly?
#66 I would say that someone (you) that cannot come out of the closet can’t handle the truth.
December 12th, 2006 at 9:32 pmI suspect that the proposed anti-gay legislation is political kabuki that will never be enacted or, if enacted will never be enforced.
Tell ya what once the law is enacted you travel to Nigeria with another guy. Tell everyone you’re gay then rent an apartment together and move in. Let us know how it works out.
My snarky point is once a law is on the books any petty local official with a badge can enforce it and that means no gay man or woman in nigeria is safe.
December 12th, 2006 at 9:48 pmNigeria. A shining example of what (GOP) America aspires to be. A third world train wreck run by a corrupt and repressive dictatorship.
December 12th, 2006 at 10:06 pm#74 VerbalKint
I actually think it is a shining example of a country that is following in our rhetoric… if anti-gay rhetoric on the part of our leaders didn’t exist, do not think this law would have gotten this far in Nigeria, nevermind even proposed
December 12th, 2006 at 10:13 pmAshenShard – once again well said
Regarding some posts that are only intended to disturb:
December 12th, 2006 at 10:36 pmScroll over is the way to go. I realized that it is imperative
to read the post from the bottom first to see who wrote it.
That serves me well because my time is way too valuable to waste it with some inbred outburst that makes no sense at all.
Fela Kuti the musician was subject to military and police violence, his mom died because cops threw her of the balcony. She was in her late 70ties. He made public the corruption of the rulers in Nigeria and their ties to the US.
Amongst his followers there is no doubt that the regime took Fela out. Listen to his music and you know what I am refering to. One of my all time favorites: “Shuffering And Shmiling”
#78 ItsJustKarma
You are right, but sometimes putting in a well organized thought in response to certain comments sometimes allows the conversation to calm down and become more of a discussion rather than a bashing contest.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:06 pmWhether or not they respond positively, at the very least responding to them in a measured and thoughtful way allows one to get their thoughts together and make some sense as to what different topics mean to them. It is good practice, especially for ones mind.
Oh, and it is a really good way to procrastinate when you really should be doing something else, like writing a paper. :-p
braindead, you still haven’t addressed my issue. Please describe, in detail, the day you DECIDED to be straight. Thank you.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:48 pmI used to get Nigerian scam emails, so that nation is filled with creepy con men, so they need to do something about them and not jail Gay guys for no damn reason!
December 13th, 2006 at 12:02 amUnfortunately, we can’t do anything about another country’s poloicy as long as it does not endanger the US.
Comment by Kevin
Im sure you will be convinced that nigerians are a threat to the US, if your government decides that.
December 13th, 2006 at 3:11 amAnyone remember the Onion article titled “High Court Bans Same-Sex Friendships”? Yet another example of how satire has become impossible.
December 13th, 2006 at 4:20 amMaybe Romney can run for Prez in Nigeria!
December 13th, 2006 at 5:48 amWho xares. Just keep it in the bedroom.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:47 amWho cares. Just keep it in the bedroom.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:47 amThis here is whatchacall a bad idea. Not cuz I supports sodomites, cuz God don’t and neither does I. But if you don’t let ‘em congregate, that’s just gonna DECIMATE the musical theater industry! And I don’t know about y’all, but I just loves me that musical with all them prancin’ fags pretendin’ to be cats in it.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:29 am#86 – Sex belongs in the bedroom (or in IM’s for Republicans).
How about holding hands? If you see two men/women holding hands, is that any different than a man & woman holding hands?
How about kissing? If you see two men/women kissing, is that any different than a man & woman kissing?
Double-standards make for bad policy.
Nigeria isn’t going to remove gay people by passing these stupid laws.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:42 am[...] “Lawmakers in Nigeria are debating a bill that would ban same-sex marriage and any form of association among gays, even sharing a meal at a restaurant,†the … Source http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/12/nigeria-to-ban-any-form-of-association-among-gays/ [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 11:58 amGood. Homosexuality isn’t right, period.
Comment by Daryll — December 12, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
Daryll: We already knew you are a closeted homosexual, but thank you for confirming it.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:49 pmPs. braindead,
December 14th, 2006 at 8:30 amHave you ever heard of Jeff Gannon/James Guckert, the gay hooker who managed to get “credentials” to attend White House press conferences as a “journalist,” even though he was rejected by the Republican-controlled Congressional press club? Also, Secret Service records show that Gannon was getting admitted to the WH, even on days when there was no press conference scheduled. Would you care to explain?