Controversial Anti-Gay Law Breeds Unity Among Nigeria's Christians, Muslim Leaders

[SecularMotion]

Christian and Muslim leaders in Nigeria welcomed a controversial law that bans same-sex marriages and imposes a 14-year jail term for homosexual relations.

On Monday President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which parliament passed in May. The law follows a similar one passed in Uganda in December, which imposes life imprisonment for some types of homosexual acts.

“This is the right thing,” said the Rev. Musa Asake, general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria. “We don’t have to drift into a situation where we don’t have moral values because someone is giving us money.”

Asake was referring to financial incentives from Western nations tied to legal changes on homosexuality.

http://www.charismanews.com/world/42451-controversial-anti-gay-law-breeds-unity-among-nigeria-s-christians-muslim-religious-leaders

[hrmjustin]

1. I remember years ago there was a picture of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders of Jerusalem

at a news conference standing together against gay rights.

I remember saying to a friend see there hatred unified them.

[skepticscott]

5. That's just Interfaith

People of different religious backgrounds, coming together to discover the things that their faiths have in common. Why do you object to that? Agreement and common ground...shared values..cooperation in the name of god...who could object to that?

[hrmjustin]

6. I object to anti gay bigotry.

[skepticscott]

7. Sounds like you're just intolerant

of opinions and beliefs that are different from yours. There are people here (I'm not one of them) who are likely to call YOU a bigot for that, so I'd be careful.

[hrmjustin]

8. Well I can handle anything anyone has to say to me.

[cbayer]

2. This is an abominable situation.

I think what happened in Uganda is a very small ray of light, but this really needs international attention.

[skepticscott]

4. Why aren't you more tolerant

of people with different opinions and beliefs, who see the world differently than your narrow view? Why the disrespect?

[edhopper]

3. It's good to see religious leaders tolerant of each other

and coming together in common cause.