MissMeiya:

Really, I don't understand Móron. Come back with a translator.

xp17: of all your irrational questions, sleeping with your dog should be the only crime here. this is because the dog has not right of agreeing or disagreeing and in some places it is punishable by law.

in as much you are above the legal age , you can have good and pleasurable sex with YOUR mum and sister, you can even have a 3some with them, it is no one's business. I have seen twin got married in Nigeria and both are lecturers in one of the Nigerian university.

KiKatanga:

I don't want sodomy, but I don't see why I should stop someone who does want it from having it.

KiKatanga:

I'm not mixing them up, I specified that in reference the previously quoted Wikipedia article. As I said you'd have to either attempt to take advantage of commonlaw marriage legislation or seek formal recognition to be in contravention of any practically applicable laws.

[/quote][quote author=kobonaire]help me sister .... our Naija Internet no be powerful like your American one ... you know I de pay for every letter I type for Naira Land?

MissMeiya:

Nigerian children have seen worse than two people in love, I can assure you.

sailormoon:
Again, I ask, who is this simpleton?

kobonaire: true, so that's effectively polygamy on the DL ... legally married to one while maintaining common law marriage to another (others). It still proves that polygamy is illegal in he states.

MissMeiya: I manage to do it in Nigeria. And so does everyone else on Nairaland. What's your excuse?

EbolaGoingHam:

And i say..go back to the Kitchen, that's your natural habitat

BetaThings:
That is selfish!
Bad for you; bad for your fellow human being
enjoin him to be straight
Nothing good in being crooked

BetaThings:
we are HAPPILY
barbaric
primitive
illiterate
etc

Leave us and go and join your like-minded fellows in the
US, UK and any of those countries
One way tickets and tear up that green passports

Symphony007: It gives me great joy that there are still countries in africa with a judiciary that does it job without sentiments or personal feelings. No country on earth can have a constitution which protects fundamental human rights then go ahead to criminalize freedom of expression. It is ridiculous and no judiciary will stand for that. Nigeria should take note. Our supreme court must strike down ours if it gets to their desk. If our governments wants it's anti gay law to stand, then it should do a constitutional amendment were fundamental human rights is removed then a law like that can stand. But you can't claim to protect human rights and put people in jail for living their lives because you don't like how they do it. It's a mockery of constitutional democracy. You can't eat your cake and have it.

1Book: .. To hell with the supreme court & their paymaster (western word)....What is bad is bad, Goddamn it!...

MissMeiya: That is BIGAMY. Bigamy is illegal EVERYWHERE in the world, if I'm not mistaken.

standupguy:

Bros polygamy and polyandry does not affect the state too. Na.??

kobonaire: of course all partners are in agreement. That's how the polygamous households in Utah live ... with that understanding.... you should watch 'big love'

dhammyg:
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FOREIGN AIDS.AFRICA HAS BIGGER PROBLEMS TO FACE THAN WASTING TIME ON GAYS WHO DO NOT HARM THE SOCIETY

kobonaire: oya, I just burned some MB for that search .... there is NO current politician in the US that is polygamous.

MissMeiya:


I just shed a damn tear

EbolaGoingHam:

Go back to the kitchen...F.aggot

Uganda anti-gay law declared 'null and void' by constitutional court

Judges strike down legislation on a technicality, but activists say homosexuality remains criminal offence under colonial-era laws



Gay rights activists in Uganda and around the world are celebrating a decision by the country's constitutional court to strike down a widely condemned anti-gay law on a legal technicality.

A panel of five judges ruled on Friday that the speaker of parliament acted illegally when she allowed a vote on the measure despite at least three objections that not enough MPs were in attendance.

"The speaker was obliged to ensure that there was quorum," the court said in its ruling. "We come to the conclusion that she acted illegally."

While celebrating the ruling, activists warned that homosexuality remains a criminal offence in the east African country under colonial-era laws.

The fiercely controversial statute represented a dramatic toughening of the penalties. It banned the "promotion of homosexuality" and enabled life sentences to be imposed for various same-sex acts, including touching in public or living in a same-sex marriage.

Barack Obama described the legislation as "a step backward for all Ugandans" and several donors suspended aid. But Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, signed it into law in February, watched by cheering crowds. Asked about homosexuality on CNN, he said: "They're disgusting. What sort of people are they? I never knew what they were doing. I've been told recently that what they do is terrible. Disgusting."

The challenge to the law was brought by 10 petitioners, including academics, journalists, both ruling and opposition MPs, human rights activists and rights groups. They claimed that it violated the constitutional right to privacy and dignity, as well as the right to be free from discrimination and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

Friday's ruling was made before a courtroom packed with Ugandans opposing or supporting the measure. Activists erupted in loud cheers after the court ruled the law "null and void".

Among those present was Frank Mugisha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda."We welcome this ruling and Uganda's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community can celebrate a small victory against oppression," he said.

"However, we are disappointed that the case was not heard on its true merits. The truth is that, not only is the anti-homosexuality act persecutory, it is also unconstitutional and illegitimate. This law has no place in our society, which values dignity, privacy and equality for all our citizens. Until the act has been dismissed on the substance of our arguments, we cannot rest easy."

Ladislaus Rwakafuuzi, a lawyer representing the activists, said the ruling "upholds the rule of law and constitutionalism in Uganda".

Homophobia is widespread in the socially conservative country, where American evangelical Christian groups have been accused of fuelling prejudice. The legislation was seen as a political ploy by Museveni to shore up support before elections in 2016, which will be his 30th year in power.

The court's intervention allows him to blame others for its defeat while also placating western donors, who were reluctant to punish a military ally.

Outspoken anti-gay preacher Martin Ssempa had suggested that the petition was being pushed to mend Uganda's international reputation before Museveni travels to Washington next week to meet Obama at a landmark US-Africa summit. "There are efforts … to drum up a legal precedent to try to show [Washington] that, 'Hey, we are not that bad on homosexuality,'" Ssempa told Agence France-Presse this week.

Last month the US last month froze some aid programmes, as well as cancelling military air exercises and barring entry to the US for specific Ugandan officials involved in "human rights abuses", including against the gay community.

Rights groups claimed that the law led to a sharp increase in arrests and assaults on members of the gay and lesbian community. Its annulment was welcomed by the Human Dignity Trust, an organisation of international human rights lawyers challenging anti-gay laws across the world.

Jonathan Cooper, its chief executive, said: "It's a fantastic victory for the rule of law. That Uganda's gay and lesbian community has won a reprieve today from the oppression of the loathsome anti-homosexuality act, we can only celebrate.

"The brilliance and determination of the activists who have pursued this challenge serve as an inspiration to us all. It is also heartening to know that the rule of law has prevailed and politicians are shown not to be above the procedures that govern them."

Cooper warned: "However, this is but a temporary fix; the fight is far from over. The international community must seize this opportunity to support Ugandan's gay and lesbian citizens in their battle for the basic freedom from persecution. Now the act has gone, we must do all we can to stop it coming back. Uganda's constitution – which protects its citizens' rights to privacy and dignity – must be for all Ugandans."

Dr Paul Semugoma, a Ugandan gay rights activist based in South Africa, said: "I am over the moon. Very happy. But I am cautious. We have had legal victories before. It was struck down on a technicality. It may return.

"In Uganda, homophobia is such an inherent part of culture now that opportunistic politicians are likely to bring it back. They would pass it."

Sarah Jackson, deputy regional director of Amnesty International, said: "Even though Uganda's abominable anti-homosexuality act was scrapped on the basis of a technicality, it is a significant victory for Ugandan activists who have campaigned against this law.

"Since it was first being floated in 2009, these activists have often put their safety on the line to ensure that Ugandan law upholds human rights principles.

"We now hope that this step forward translates into real improvements in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people in Uganda, who have been trapped in a vicious circle of discrimination, threats, abuse and injustice for too long."

Kosiya Kasibayo, a state attorney, said a decision had not been made on whether to appeal against the ruling in the supreme court.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/uganda-anti-gay-law-null-and-void

dhammyg: NICE.WHEN WILL NIGERIANS\AFRICANS LEARN THAT WHAT TWO ADULTS CHOOSE TO DO IN THEIR BEDROOM IS NONE OF THEIR BIZ.
WE AS AS AFRICANS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS FACING US E.G CORRUPTION.IF WE COULD PERSECUTE CORRUPT POLITICIANS THE SAME WAY WE PERSECUTE GAYS AFRICA WILL BE A BETTER PLACE

AND BY THE WAY DO U THINK IMPRISONING GAYS WILL MAKE THEM CHANGEOR DO U THINK LYNCHING THEM WILL MAKE THEM CHANGE

AND TO THOSE SAYING BEING GAY IS UNAFRICAN AND USING BIBLE\QURAN TO JUSTIFY THE CLAIM,PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT CHRISTAINITY AND ISLAM IS ALSO UNAFRICAN

MissMeiya: You don't seem to know what bigamy is. It is not about agreement.

datbay: Meaning what?

Symphony007: It gives me great joy that there are still countries in africa with a judiciary that does it job without sentiments or personal feelings. No country on earth can have a constitution which protects fundamental human rights then go ahead to criminalize freedom of expression. It is ridiculous and no judiciary will stand for that. Nigeria should take note. Our supreme court must strike down ours if it gets to their desk. If our governments wants it's anti gay law to stand, then it should do a constitutional amendment were fundamental human rights is removed then a law like that can stand. But you can't claim to protect human rights and put people in jail for living their lives because you don't like how they do it. It's a mockery of constitutional democracy. You can't eat your cake and have it.

oldenglish: what is the two adults are mother and son or father and daughter?