Great Idea!!! All Those Opposed to LGBT Rights Can Move to Nigeria!!!!!!

I think we should troll and bombard all anti-gay rights websites and post all kinds of information on how to emigrate to Nigeria! From BBC:

Nigerian senate passes anti-gay bill, defying British aid threat
By Christian Purefoy and Faith Karimi, CNN
updated 8:41 AM EST, Wed November 30, 2011

(CNN) -- The Nigerian senate has passed a bill banning same-sex marriages, defying a threat from Britain to withhold aid from nations violating gay rights.

The bill by Africa's most populous nation calls for a 14-year sentence for anyone convicted of homosexuality. Anyone who aids or "abets" same-sex unions faces 10 years in prison, a provision that could target rights groups.

It goes to the nation's House of Representatives for a vote before President Goodluck Jonathan can sign it into law.

"It would place a wide range of people at risk of criminal sanctions, including human rights defenders and anyone else -- including friends, families and colleagues -- who stands up for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people in Nigeria," Amnesty International said in a statement.

The bill passed Tuesday comes nearly a month after British prime minister, David Cameron, threatened to withhold aid from nations violating gays rights, sparking outrage in Africa where leaders interpreted it as "colonial" display of power.

Homosexuality is illegal in most African countries based on remnants of sodomy laws introduced during the British colonial era and perpetuated by cultural beliefs.

Punishments across the continent range from fines to years in prison.


Read the rest of the article here.

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Comment by Matt Novak on November 30, 2011 at 1:08pm

Yeah, I am utterly astounded at a lot of Africa for this.  And I blame a lot of this on Scott Lively, Pat Robertson, and Rick Warren, who were the ones that helped create the now tabled Ugandan bill that gays can be executed.  This bill greatly made gay rights (or anti-gay rights, in these cases) the forefront of issues in the worst possible way...

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