This time, he is lending his voice to the recently passed anti-gay law in Nigeria which is raising a lot of dust both locally and internationally.
He shared this piece below via his blog.
I
have been reading interesting comments on social media about the new
‘anti-gay bill’ recently signed into law by President Jonathan. The
supporters of the bill are in the majority while those opposed to it
seem to have found their voices more AFTER it has been signed by the
President. The pro-gay voices are angry, hurt and stirring up a storm
within Nigeria. Many of them are Nigerians who are either ‘enlightened’
about Gay Rights or are sympathetic to the Gay cause. Some are also
Nigerians living in the diaspora who are in societies where the Gay
Movement have virtually taken over the political and social structures
of those places and being homo-receptive is mostly a way of life.
Nigeria
has just joined 78 other countries in the world which have strong
anti-gay laws. About 35 of such countries are in Africa alone, not
surprisingly. Africa has a huge anti-homosexual belief and cultural
structure which has been in place for thousands of years. The fabric of
Africa’s cultural beliefs are intertwined with a pre-dominant
heterosexual society. Africa has homosexuals, no doubt. Millions of them
but they are in a clime where a majority opinion steeped in the rules
and regulations of the ancestral laws of the continent are held
sacrosanct. And so it should be, somewhat. A people, a nation, is
defined by what binds them together in cultural and perhaps theological
identities or affinities. Despite the outcry by the Western nations
about Africa’s homophobia, many African countries are not willing to
endorse same-sex marriages. The core of Africa’s existentialism is
rooted in polygamy. Simple as that. Africans must have sex and sex the
heterosexual way. Africans are more in touch with their Spiritual
selves, be it Animism, Christianity, Islam, Paganism or whichever
religion they choose to practice to enhance or evolve their
Spirituality. For those beliefs, however decadent such may be viewed by
the Western Societies, shape the core of its people.
Nigeria
is part of Africa and the points I just highlighted are part of the
Nigerian society. Nigeria , ironically, is one of the most receptive
countries in the world when it comes to Western religions and Middle
Eastern linear faith. We lap up everything spat on us through Western
imperialism and accept such totally. But we have refused to accept the
same-sex marriages. Nigeria is not ready for that, truth be told. Forget
about what the Bible or Koran say right now. Nigeria is not and may
never be ready for a Gay overhaul on its social and family structures.
A
good question I should ask is this; in China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and
some other hardline countries, being Gay is punishable by either death
or imprisonment. In fact, President Putin calls the Gay Movement ‘
Western decadence and perversion’ and has spoken out firmly against it
and like most of those countries, passed laws against it. But you don’t
see the West taking a hardline stance against those countries which have
called their bluff. What will America, Britain and the rest of Europe
do to Saudi Arabia where homosexuality is punishable by death? Do they
tell the Arabs to effectively stop being Muslims because of Gay Rights?
Why are the Western Countries not imposing sanctions or orders on China
and Russia for their anti-Gay stand? Why do they bully the African
nations into accepting this new wave of ‘human rights’?
In
Britain and America and indeed Europe, if any anti-Gay person or group
speak out against the same-sex marriage, they are curiously labelled
homophobic and accused of ‘hate speech’. Those countries have succeeded
in instilling fear in the minds of those who oppose Gay marriages. So,
majority of their citizens are scared of voicing their thoughts and just
let it be. It is that same climate of fear which the West aspires to
bestow on Africa concerning Gay rights and they are going about it the
wrong way.
Western movies and television series have
been beaming images of Gay lives and marriages to African homes and
these things scare Africans a lot. What is being projected is
unthinkable to Africans in the majority. The very idea that two men
would marry and live together as husband and husband is not in good
taste to many Africans. Likewise lesbians marrying themselves too in
Africa. It cannot be accepted and the drastic laws are being passed to
stop this incursion.
There are over six billion people
in the world today. Gays are probably 15% of the World’s total
population. Go figure that out. I have nothing against Gays. I believe
in tolerance. But I do not in anyway support the notion that a Same-sex
marital environment should thrive in Nigeria. There are safe havens for
that in Western Societies. And in South Africa. But it is, at this point
of Africa’s development, not acceptable in Nigeria. That is just the
reality.
And my opinion is basically my opinion.
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