Nigerians rebuff threats from UK, back true marriage
Image via Wikipedia LAGOS, Nigeria, November 7, 2011 ( HLIWorldWatch.org ) - Pro-life and pro-family supporters in Nigeria are rallying around a bill currently being considered in the Nigerian Senate that would prohibit same-sex “marriage” in Africa ’s most populous country amid threats from the United Kingdom to cut aid if countries do not protect homosexual “rights.” “ Human Life International Nigeria is joining forces with other pro-life organizations and well-meaning Nigerians in mobilizing support for the defense of this bill,” said Chizoba Nnagboh, Human Life International (HLI) country director in Nigeria. “Anti-life organizations, masquerading as human rights organizations, are not resting on their oars, but are also seriously mobilizing to stop the bill.” A leading sponsor of the bill, Senator Domingo Obende, recently recognized that the pressure of a global debate over same-sex marriage has led some countries to legitimize the practice, while others were on the verge of