Musical Theater is dead in Nigeria

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Musical Theater is dead in Nigeria

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Nigeria Bans Gays

I heard this on the radio the other day and figured I'd share. I mean...really there's not much we can/should do, but it's very sad :(.
Few in Nigeria's deeply closeted gay community have publicly opposed the legislation, which proposes penalties of up to five years in prison and is widely expected to pass.

Engaging in homosexual acts is already illegal in Nigeria, with those convicted facing jail terms in the mainly Christian south and execution in the mainly Muslim north.
Now I wonder why on Earth so few would publicly oppose it :rolleyes
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I was going to post this earlier but I lost the paper again and couldn't find it again on-line. I probably couldn't have even spoken coherently about it anyway; I mean... a gay man can't even have lunch with another gay man without facing the possibility of a jail term.

What the fuck is wrong with that country? What the fuck is wrong with the Earth for that matter? I'm not going to rant about this now. But geez...
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How appalling is that? Again, it seems to me like people are forcing their religious beliefs on others. How is THAT Godly??

I hope Canada will take on people who wish to do so as refugee status. That is fricken ridiculous. Why do people want to hurt each other so badly? Why do they need to control each other when it has NOTHING to do with them?

If I was God, I'd be pissed.

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You know....I 100% firmly believe that we shouldn't interfere in any way with this, because..well, it's absolutely not our place to decide how other countries should govern themselves. But there's something that irk's me just a bit here..

I recall there was this cry to step in when that Christian man was to be executed in Afghanistan for being a Christian. And this?? FAR more people being persecuted and you really don't even hear about it. It's kind of sick. Shows what our priorities are when it comes to human rights. But I guess hey...its to be expected. How sad...
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