Religion is the opium of the people. The African tradition religion abhors same sex marriage, but the western world practices what churches and mosques alike term as a taboo on the African soil.
The diametric deference between the African and European pigmentation has openly given rise to a battle of wits between the two worlds. Leaders of Europe and the North American nations support gay marriage, to the extent that it was recently backed up with legislation. Legal institutions in Africa have refused to budge, even in the face of blackmail and diplomatic pressure.
One resolve leaders of African nations hold dearly to their heart is “No to same sex marriage”. Nigeria as the most populous black nation has even added teeth to the bite, not only by pronouncing it unlawful but also by giving a blanket order for the arrest of any couple, whose manner of embrace may be suggestive of kissing, hugging or smooching in public.
Recently in Ghana, reports had it that one Miss Mensah Daniel was virtually lynched on the streets of Accra for allegedly engaging in an act of lesbianism.
Furthermore, in Nigeria, a group of middle-aged men were recently declared wanted in South-West Nigeria, for what community leaders termed an act of lesbianism.
In Africa, you cannot be proudly gay. Not openly so. At least, the unwritten judgement among the people is instant “roasting alive”. The treatment is so too heinous to be described.
First, they beat the victim to a pulp. Next, they put a tyre on his or her neck and then splash and soak the prey in premium motor spirit (petrol) and set him alight with a match stick
In Thailand, dada (cocaine) is a death. In Africa, gayism is death.
- Joseph Olutimehin
Amuloko, Ibadan.
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