The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield during a live - web chat with journalists in Washington DC stated the United State would continue to pressurize Nigeria until it legalizes same sex marriage. She said;
"As a government, it is one of the highest priorities and strongest values that discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong. We believe human rights should be available to everybody. As a policy, we will continue to press the government of Nigeria, as well as other governments which have provided legislation that discriminate against the LGBT community.
This is very much a work in progress, but I think you will agree with me that the law in Nigeria really went far in discriminating against this community but also people who associate with them. So, we will continue to press the government, to press the legislature to change these laws and provide human rights for all Nigerian people regardless of their sexual orientation. With what is happening in the US, you can determine how far we are willing to go. We strongly believe human rights for all people and we are particularly opposed to legislation that actually targets the gay community for discrimination. So we are prepared to push this as a policy, not just in Africa but across the world.”
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This is crazy. Nigerians should be ready tho because according to the report i git's just a few powerful minority that pushed for it to be legalised in the US, majority don't want it.
So for nigerians esp the powerful ones, I think we should stop all the frivolities and come together to stand as one against this. We will win
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