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Nigeria’s bishops praise ban on public expression of homosexuality

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ABUJA, Nigeria, December 14, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Nigeria’s Catholic bishops are praising the country’s Senate for its “courageous and hope-inducing decision” to pass a bill outlawing same-sex unions and public displays of homosexuality last month. The bill,  passed  Nov. 29th, came amidst threats by foreign leaders, especially U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron , of aid cuts if Image via Wikipedia  African countries fail to enshrine special rights for homosexuals. On December 7th, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria issued a  statement  saying the vote to outlaw same-sex unions and “all such public manifestations” came as a “great relief” to most Nigerians . “We wish to strongly support the prohibition of same-sex union as an expression both of our cultural values as Nigerians and our religious belief as Christians,” they wrote. Image via Wikipedia The bishops’ stance would come as a shock to many Christians in the West where even prominent Catholic prelate Archbishop Vi

Gays still depressed even in open tolerant Netherlands

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Image via Wikipedia This study found a higher prevalence of various psychiatric   disorders in homosexual people compared with heterosexual people,   both regarding the preceding 12 months as well as on a lifetime   basis. These differences seem to be gender specific with a higher   prevalence of substance use disorders in homosexual women and   a higher prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in homosexual   men, both compared with their heterosexual counterparts. The interpretation of these findings requires consideration   of some potential limitations, which could have cumulatively   either inflated or deflated actual differences in prevalence   rates. 25  Among those people contacted, there could have been   a nonresponse related to homosexual behavior . Although nonresponse to specific questions was negligible owing to the computer-assisted   interviewing, subjects might have differed in their reporting   behavior. Compared with heterosexual men, homosexual men might   have be