The United States of America has vowed to pressure Nigeria until she accept to legalize gay marriage.
The
God’s Own country, as she is fondly called recently legalized gay
marriage in all her 50 states, a move that sparked global outrage.
Linda
Thomas Greenfield, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs told journalists via a live web chat yesterday that
America
would continue to mount pressure on Nigeria and other countries to
reverse their anti-gay laws.
“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 who 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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