The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield has noted that the US won’t stop pressurizing Nigeria to accept and legalize gay marriage. She spoke to journalists via a live Web interview from Washington. Quote below;
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
which 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.
Credits: xsouth.com
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