ABUJA, NIGERIA - The executive branch plans to introduce legislation in Nigeria's parliament that would outlaw gay sex and same-sex marriages while making it a criminal offense for churches and mosques to sanction any such relationship.Justice Minister Bayo Ojo said Jan. 18 that the bill, which proposes up to 5 years' imprisonment for homosexual sex, would be forwarded to lawmakers for a vote. Ojo said the law, if approved, would also forbid associations of homosexuals and lesbians.
Public hostility to homosexuality is widespread in the largely conservative country of more than 130 million peopleObasanjo's governing People's Democratic Party has an overwhelming majority in the legislature.
from The Chicago Tribune
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