https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/05/31/nigerias-house-of-representatives-passes-gay-ban/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 19:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/05/31/nigerias-house-of-representatives-passes-gay-ban/#comment-88005 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:16:36 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14457#comment-88005 My understanding also is that the prison terms are 10 – 14 years, depending on the ‘crime’.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/05/31/nigerias-house-of-representatives-passes-gay-ban/#comment-88006 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:16:36 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14457#comment-88006 Interesting article: http://sebaspace.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/bisi-alimi-gets-it/
I am certainly of the opinion that the ‘marriage bits’ in the Bill are meaningless; the key aspects are 4(1) and 5(3), and, while we don’t usually say such things, the label ‘Nazi’ does strike me as appropriate in their regard.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/05/31/nigerias-house-of-representatives-passes-gay-ban/#comment-56116 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:43:03 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14457#comment-56116 Interesting article: http://sebaspace.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/bisi-alimi-gets-it/
I am certainly of the opinion that the ‘marriage bits’ in the Bill are meaningless; the key aspects are 4(1) and 5(3), and, while we don’t usually say such things, the label ‘Nazi’ does strike me as appropriate in their regard.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/05/31/nigerias-house-of-representatives-passes-gay-ban/#comment-56115 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:36:07 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14457#comment-56115 I gather that the Bill would need to go back to the Senate only if what the House passed is not the same as what the Senate passed in 2011 (which did include the 10- and 14-year sentences). If the two chambers passed the same version, then the Bill goes to Goodluck (whose luck may have run out, since one hears he might not be that keen on the Bill) for promulgation (or otherwise).
The text of the Bill (as passed by the House) is apparently in this (nauseatingly self-righteous) article: http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/05/31/nigerian-homosexuals-to-be-jailed-14-years/
Sections 4(1) and 5(3) are pretty much straight out of Bahatiland, and are IMO the most pernicious aspects of the Bill.
My recollection is that this is the same as what the Senate passed in November 2011.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/05/31/nigerias-house-of-representatives-passes-gay-ban/#comment-72582 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:36:07 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14457#comment-72582 I gather that the Bill would need to go back to the Senate only if what the House passed is not the same as what the Senate passed in 2011 (which did include the 10- and 14-year sentences). If the two chambers passed the same version, then the Bill goes to Goodluck (whose luck may have run out, since one hears he might not be that keen on the Bill) for promulgation (or otherwise).
The text of the Bill (as passed by the House) is apparently in this (nauseatingly self-righteous) article: http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/05/31/nigerian-homosexuals-to-be-jailed-14-years/
Sections 4(1) and 5(3) are pretty much straight out of Bahatiland, and are IMO the most pernicious aspects of the Bill.
My recollection is that this is the same as what the Senate passed in November 2011.

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