Nigerian police arrest over 60 guests at Anti-Harlem wedding ceremony.

[Brolic]

The police in Nigeria have arrested over 60 people who were in attendance at what the authorities claimed was a same-sex wedding, reinforcing a crackdown on L.G.B.T.Q. people in Africa’s most populous nation.
The police also broadcast the identities of some of those arrested on social media and encouraged members of the public to help “uphold the moral standards of the society” by providing relevant information — moves that raised concern that those who attended the event would be subjected to stigma or violence.
Under a 2014 law, anyone entering a same-sex marriage or civil union in Nigeria can be imprisoned for up to 14 years. Those who administer or witness such a ceremony can face up to 10 years in prison. At the time it was enacted, the U.S. secretary of state, John Kerry, said the law violated basic human rights protections.
Bright Edafe, a police spokesman in Delta State in southern Nigeria, said the arrests were a sign that the country was going to use an iron fist against gay unions.

“We are in Africa, and we are in Nigeria. We cannot copy the Western world, because we don’t have the same culture,” he said at a news conference on Tuesday in front of the dozens who were arrested.
Same-sex weddings are rare in Nigeria, with many such couples opting to hold their ceremonies in countries where it is legal to do so, Mr. Edafe said in a telephone interview. “It is not common, and we don’t even want to get to that level,” he said. “That is why we are taking the action we are taking now.”

Nigeria Arrests Dozens Over Same-Sex Wedding

A 2014 law makes such unions illegal in the country. Anyone found guilty of taking part can also face up to 10 years in prison.

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[ScottyG]

14 year sentence mandatory for gay marriage and you have a big gay wedding

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Good job pigs

 

[boogers]

this is all from cac evangelists spreading christianity through africa

just because gay sex is gross doesnt mean theyre not valid human beings

but this is thecoli tho so lets get the s going

 

[ReasonableMatic]

this is all from cac evangelists spreading christianity through africa

just because gay sex is gross doesnt mean theyre not valid human beings

but this is thecoli tho so lets get the s going

White evangelical Christians getting Africans to harm Africans
on a systemic level again and nikkas laughin.
Slavery wasn’t a big enough lesson to do better SMH.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

pathetic waste of resources

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

You know they paraded them fairies around the village the same way they do with all criminals they apprehend

 

[RaspberryFitted]

this is all from cac evangelists spreading christianity through africa

just because gay sex is gross doesnt mean theyre not valid human beings

but this is thecoli tho so lets get the s going

White evangelical Christians getting Africans to harm Africans
on a systemic level again.

Unfortunate. Same way Islam has the Middle East in a chokehold smh

 

[The Fade]

Feds did a sweep

 

[Cat piss martini]

 

[Tunez]

 

[Hopeofmypeople]

14 year sentence mandatory for gay marriage and you have a big gay wedding

The West putting batteries in their back thinking it’s all sweet until reality hits.

 

[JackRoss]

14 year sentence mandatory for gay marriage and you have a big gay wedding

Seems fair

 

[KGlock]

good shyt.

 

[CopiousX]

this is all from cac evangelists spreading christianity through africa

This isn't a good argument because their liberal cac counterparts in the state dept are imposing deviancy also. Cacs are on both sides. They both gave us these laws when they were terrorizing the world in the 1800s and their cac descendants are coming back to wag their fingers condescendingly at us to remove them.


In such a case, it's the will of the black people in between the topic that matters. Cause you side with a cac no matter what you do. And you'll find that the vast majority of Africans will side against lgbt and with the cacs that support their sovereign view. And the vast majority of africans disagree with your "not a valid human being" thesis also.

I once held your viewpoint, but an African coli poster on here changed my view. I can't remember which poster it was (maybe it was @Nkrumah Was Right ?) but a few months ago that poster had posted that we as Americans have a habit of imitating the imperialistic tendencies of the cacs we have here . After that Convo (and an embarrassing amount of cognitive dissonance on my part) it dawned on me that we are indeed imposing on them your validity argument when they vehemently disagree with it.