Up to November 15, 2011, gay sex relations and sex with animals resulted in 14 years in jail in Nigeria. The nation voted this way after having an ultimatum given to them by the US and Britain. The United States senate however appealed Nigeria’s law, and with success, passed laws stating it is no longer illegal for same sex relations and bestiality. It may not be that they “legalized” it, but the legislation removes the law act that would prior convict one who makes love with animals.
Before they passed this bill, if you were aiding, or favoring someone who is gay, you would also be sentenced to 10 years for aiding a criminal. The laws that had once been in rule by Nigeria, was originally passed by Great Britain. The similarity and irony in the fact that Great Britain held an ultimatum over Nigeria’s head, for a law that once had been originated by Great Britain themselves. I think the law should stay for the homosexuals, but maybe they should revise the “having sex with animals” part.
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