In Nigeria, if a new bill passes, you won't have to engage in homosexual conduct to be found guilty of a gay 'crime'. Just speaking out in favor of equal rights will be against the law.
Nigeria's same-sex marriage bill states its purpose is the "prohibition of relationships between persons of the same sex, celebration of marriage by them and ... other matters connected herewith". The new legislation bans same-sex marriages and blessing ceremonies and criminalises anyone who attends or witnesses them. And it goes much further: it also proscribes any "public or private" affirmation of same-sex love and gay human rights. ... Newspaper, television, radio and internet discussions supportive of gay equality will become a criminal offence.
Under Nigerian civil law, homosexuality is already punishable by up to 14 years in jail — and by death in the regions of the country governed by the Muslims' Sharia law.
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