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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  Muli...

Nigerians rebuff threats from UK, back true marriage

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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 ...