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The Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill: How Relevant?

Yes, I am the Great Naija Oracle and I am an embodiment of the Nigerian culture and tradition...I am Nigerian through and through and it would definitely not be out of place or surprising if I shout from the roof-top that I detest homosexualism. But right now, going by the happenings in our nation...I am going to take a rather unpopular stand, which I am used to anyways. I am going to pitch my tent with the gays as against the Nigerian Legislature and Judiciary and this is why. In 2011, the Nigerian Senate passed a bill called Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) for an Act to prohibit marriage between persons of same gender, solemnisation of same and for other matters related therewith. As at late 2012, the bill had unanimously passed the second reading in the Nigerian House or Representatives and in no distant time, may become law. In the light of the above, the international community especially the United States of America and the United Kingdom had threatened to withhold ai