One thing to be thankful for this week of giving thanks.

[William769]

We may not have it perfect here in America, but it could be much worse. SO while we keep up the good fight we also should be thankful for what we have.


Nigeria Moves To Ban, Criminalize Gay Marriage



LAGOS, Nigeria -- When a gang of men ambushed Rashidi Williams and a male friend earlier this year, the 25-year-old gay Nigerian was too afraid to report the attack to police or even to his family.

Doing so would only create more problems, he says, in this country where legislators are now seeking to criminalize gay marriage.

Here in the megacity of Africa's most populous nation, Williams says marriage though is the last thing on the minds of many gay and lesbian Nigerians who fear physical danger in this conservative country.

"I took myself to the hospital but couldn't say why I had been beaten up because that would have started another set of discrimination for me," said Williams, who hurt his shoulder blade in the attack. "These things are so underreported in Nigeria. It doesn't mean they don't exist ... People are getting killed."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/nigeria-moves-to-ban-gay-marriage_n_1107368.html

[Warpy]

1. It was exactly like that here 50 years ago

and I hope that people across Africa realize that all the missionaries peddling homophobia are just another bunch of (mostly) white colonialists and reject everything about them, especially the homophobia.

Maybe then they can progress a bit, too.

[yardwork]

2. kick

[Rowdyboy]

3. I only have to look to my teenage years to remember an America much like Nigeria....

In the 1960's when I was a teenager we were considered little more than criminals.