Nigerians have condemned the
reported plans by the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, to embark on a
campaign to globalise gay marriage, saying that there is no room for such alien
culture in Nigeria.
Cameron was quoted yesterday in
some online media as having ambition to take the message of gay marriage around
the world, saying he would deploy his ministers to different parts of the world
to carry the campaign.
Cameron spoke of his pride at
legalising same sex marriage, just a year after explicitly giving a personal
guarantee to do it by 2015 at a reception for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Trans-sexual community at 10 Downing Street, London.
He reportedly told guests at
the same reception one year on that Britain was now “the best place to be gay, lesbian
or transgender out of anywhere in Europe”.
He added: “That is a great
achievement. That’s not my measure; that is an internationally recognised
measure. But there’s still a lot more work to be done.”
He said that he wanted to
“export” same sex marriage around the world so that other countries could
follow suit.
He said: “I’ve told the Bill
team I’m now going to reassign them because, of course, all over the world
people would have been watching this piece of legislation and we’ve set
something, I think, of an example of how to pass good legislation in good time.
“Many other countries are going
to want to copy this. And, as you know, I talk about the global race, about how
we’ve got to export more and sell more so I’m going to export the bill team. I
think they can be part of this global race and take it around the world.”
In his speech, he told guests
four times how proud he was to have been Prime Minister when same sex marriage
was legalised in Britain, describing the process of legalising gay marriage as
“a long, tortuous parliamentary process”.
He said: “I’m personally proud
of this. I think I’m probably the only Conservative Prime Minister who’s taken
this step, but I’m very proud to have taken it. I think it’s a really good
step, and thank you for helping me to stick with the plan and get it done so
quickly.”
Mr Cameron said the move was as
important to homosexual people and their parents.
He said: “A mum came up to me
the other day in the street in my constituency and said, ‘Why I’m so pleased
about this is that I’ve got a straight son and a gay daughter, and I now know
I’m going to be able to go to both of their weddings and that makes me really
happy’.”
During the event, Mr Cameron,
together with his team of ministers behind the legislation, signed a copy of
the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
No Room For Gay Marriage In
Nigeria - CAN
In a swift reaction, the
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, said that there is no room for gay
marriage in Nigeria.
The General Secretary of
CAN, Rev. Musa Asake who spoke with LEADERSHIP Friday in a telephone interview,
said that the British Prime Minister should count Nigeria out of his plan to
export gay marriage all over the world, because Nigeria is not part of such
thing.
According to him,
Nigerians have their own values and cannot go against God’s original plan for
marriage, saying that if the prime minister has plan to export gay marriage,
against God’s original plan for marriage, that means he is trying to play God.
Notable social crusaders, among
them Lagos based lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, President of the Coalition Against
Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), Mr. Fred Agbaje, Mr Debo Adeniran and President of
Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin also reacted to the British
prime minister’s controversial declaration saying that gay marriage
is alien to Nigeria’s culture.
They faulted the move by the
British government to encourage gay marriage in the country, saying the move
runs contrary to the culture and the constitution of the country.
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