US President, Barack Obama.
Many Nigerians have condemned the United States for legalising same-sex marriage.
The US Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal throughout the country on Friday in a much-awaited landmark decision.
In a 5-4 ruling, the apex court stated
that the Constitution required all 50 states to carry out and recognise
marriages between people of the same sex. The ruling made the US the
21st country in the world that recognises same sex marriage as legal.
President Barack Obama who welcomed the verdict described it “a victory for America.”
While Obama considers the verdict as
being a welcome development, many Nigerians on the Internet on various
platforms however expressed dismay over the news.
One of the Nigerians who condemned the
judgement, Ataisi Frank, writing on his Facebook page said, “Any attempt
to discuss and implement the legality of same sex marriage in Nigeria,
then will politicians and the whole world know the meaning of ‘enforcing
righteousness and advancing kingdom authority’ by radical Nigerian
Christians. We are different from America; our foundation, culture and
spirituality is different. We are deep here; forget about our silence on
political happenings, a real Nigerian Christian loves God with his or
her life.”
Another
Nigerian, Ibrahim M with the Twitter handle, @ibrah_shuwa, said, “We
will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we (Nigerians)
ever decide to approve same-sex marriage.”
Similarly, Citizen Paul with the Twitter
handle @PaulUtho wrote, “For the law against same sex marriage in
Nigeria (not) to be overturned, we must stand our grounds against
western influence on this issue.”
Muhammadu Kabo, tweeting as @Minikabo said, “I am totally against same-sex marriage in Nigeria!”
Another Nigerian, E.A. Simpa
(@simpaAbel) tweeted that if Americans come to Nigeria to practise
homosexuality they would be considered as criminals.
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