Posted on 03/06/2014 10:15:58 AM PST by Olog-hai
Four young men were convicted of gay sex and whipped publicly as punishment Thursday in an Islamic court in northern Nigeria, a human rights activist said.
The four were among dozens caught in a wave of arrests after Nigeria strengthened its criminal penalties for homosexuality with the new Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in January.
The men could face further violence in prison if human rights organizations do not come up with an additional fine of 20,000 naira ($120) each meted out Thursday by a judge in Bauchi city, Dorothy Aken’Ova, convenor of the Coalition for the Defense of Sexual Rights Network, told The Associated Press. The four were sentenced to 15 strokes plus a year’s imprisonment if they cannot pay their fines. …
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Stonewall Jackson had them shot. Sodomy is not conducive to good order and military discipline. Never has been, never will be.
After hearing of the punishment, 20 more turned themselves in.
They’ve been beating homos for hundreds of years in that part of the world. No biggee, its a cultural thing.
Nope. Here, we are on the way to ultimately whipping the white male.
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