Debates on Gay Marriage
In Nigeria, marriage traditionally has been defined as a religious and legal commitment between a man and a woman with the ultimate expression of love. It has never been between man and man or between two women with the intent of having sex. Unfortunately, homosexual relationships are increasingly gaining acceptance in this country hence this research work. Though, gay marriages have not been permitted to be carried out (openly). In churches and politics, the debate about homosexuality has focused recently on whether gays should be allowed to marry or whether gay sex should be legal. In most cultures in Nigeria, same-sex relationships, sodomy and the likes are regarded as abominable. Most heterosexual Nigerian men are homophobic, that is, they have a deep, morbid, irrational fear of homosexuals. Its expression ranges from locker room jokes to verbal abuse, to physical assaults that sometimes end in murder. Even men who by intelligence and education should know better may think that homosexuality is a disease or a form of insanity, or the result of a birth injury, or a matter of choice’, that gay men routinely molest children are united in some kind of fiendish conspiracy and wear gowns”. (p. 19). From Much more explanation, some heterosexual men who are not hung up about gayness may fear guilt by association if they are known to be friends with someone who is gay.
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