People that are not serious. The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield (pictured above) has stated that they would continue to pressurize Nigeria until it legalizes same sex marriage. She made this known on Monday July 13 during a live-web chat with journalists in Washington.
“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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