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More than 60 people arrested at a gay wedding in southern Nigeria (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Arrests of gay people are common in Nigeria where gay marriage is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

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[–] jerome@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess they don't have enough slave labor in Nigeria's prisons. What a disgustingly vile government. I hope their people can destroy it before it takes more innocent lives.

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reason Nigeria is so anti lgbtq+ is because evangelicals from the US have been pushing anti lgbtq+ policies there for years.

This is what the US evangelicals want the US to be like.

[–] Volidon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Source?

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

How U.S. Evangelicals Helped Homophobia Flourish in Africa

US evangelical Christians accused of promoting homophobia in Africa