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Nigeria to Western nations: We’d sooner refuse aid than legalize same-sex “marriage”

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ABUJA, December 10, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The Nigerian government has put the  Western world  on notice that if the cost of accepting aid is to allow same-sex couples to “marry,” that’s a price the country is unwilling to pay.  Nigeria’s House of Representatives recently unanimously approved a bill banning same-sex unions, despite threats from the  Obama administration  and  United Kingdom Prime Minister   David Cameron  that they would consider withholding aid if the country didn’t recognize gay rights.  The bill would impose a 14-year prison sentence on anyone who enters a “same-sex marriage contract or civil union” or aids and abets such an action.  Public displays of affection between homosexuals would result in a ten-year jail sentence.  The bill also bans gay clubs and organizations. “[Same-sex ‘marriage’] is alien to our society and culture and it must not be imported,” said  House majority leader  Mulikat Adeola-Akande. “This practice has no place in our culture, r

‘Let them cut off aid:’ African countries revolt against UK threat to cut aid over homosexuality

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Image via Wikipedia Africa – The president of Ghana is leading the charge as several African countries are making their stand against Britain’s threat that they either legalize homosexual acts or be excluded from financial aid. “I, as president of this nation will never initiate or support any attempts to legalize homosexuality in Ghana,”  said  President John Evans Atta Mills in an official statement to the UK government under Prime Minister David Cameron last Wednesday. Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia at the end of October, which Prime Minister Cameron attended, the issue of homosexuality in developing countries was raised in an internal report that recommended that all Commonwealth countries end bans on homosexual activity, reported the BBC. Cameron,  speaking  to The Andrew Marr Show in Perth during his stay in Australia, said, “British aid should have more strings attached.” “Britain is now one