This is Page 12 news in our U.S. liberal media of today. Barely reported, and whenever it is, only in passing. Nothing to see here, folks! Never mind the hypocrisy. How does it feel knowing that your President financially supports this kind of brutality against homosexuals overseas while simultaneously supporting the idea of gay marriage in the United States? Mob attacks alleged gays in Nigerian capital ABUJA, Nigeria — A mob armed with wooden clubs and iron bars, screaming that they were going to "cleanse" their neighborhood of gay people, dragged 14 young men from their beds and assaulted them, human rights activists said Saturday. Four of the victims were marched to a police station, where they allegedly were kicked and punched by police officers who yelled pejoratives at them, said Ifeanyi Orazulike of the International Center on Advocacy for the Right to Health. Police threatened that the men would be incarcerated for 14 years, he said, the maximum prison sentence under Nigeria's new Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, dubbed the "Jail the Gays" law. Activists have warned the law could trigger attacks such as the one perpetrated in the early hours of Thursday morning in Abuja, the capital of Africa's most populous nation. Mob justice is common in Nigeria and civil rights organizations have been warning for years of an increase in community violence and the government's failure to curb acts in which people have been beaten to death for perceived crimes such as theft. "Since the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act was signed, we have expressed concern as a friend of Nigeria that it might be used by some to justify violence against Nigerians based on their sexual orientation," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement Friday. "Recent attacks in Abuja deepen our concern on this front." The police spokeswoman for the Federal Capital Territory, Deputy Superintendent Altine Daniel, said she was unaware of the attack but would try to get details for The Associated Press. Orazulike said he got a panicked email from a colleague who said he was hiding from a mob of 40 people who struck around 1 a.m. Thursday, going from house to house saying their mission was "to cleanse" the area of gays. He said they used pieces of wood and iron to beat up 14 young men. Orazulike said he drove from his home at 4 a.m. Thursday to save the man in Gishiri, a shantytown with mud roads near central Abuja. Those attacked are in hiding and too scared to speak to reporters, he said, recounting their story. "They were told 'If you come back, we will kill you.'" The walls of houses where the men lived have been painted with graffiti declaring "Homosexuals, pack and leave," he said. The New York-based International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission condemned the attack and warned, "It is important that people understand that this kind of violence can happen to anyone and that the government seems to have abdicated its responsibility to protect people from violence and impunity." Orazulike said he went to the police station later Thursday and met with a senior officer who ordered the four men released because there was no evidence that they were gay and they had not been caught having sex. Four were severely injured and others suffered bruises, he said. They were treated at his organization's clinic because they were afraid to go to the hospital. "They said the police slapped and kicked them and swore at them," he said. Dorothy Aken'Ova, executive director of Nigeria's International Center for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights, said she stayed up all night Wednesday trying to get police and Civil Defense to send officers to the scene after she got a phone call from a man who was being attacked. "Instead of helping them, apparently some of them were arrested," she told AP. "None of the (law enforcement) agents responded to our distress calls." Dozens of allegedly gay people have been arrested since President Goodluck Jonathan signed the bill into law in January. It not only forbids gay marriage, which carries a 14-year jail sentence, it makes it a crime for anyone, straight or homosexual, to hold a meeting of gays or to advocate human rights for gays. Convicted offenders can be jailed for up to 10 years. U.S. President Barack Obama's initiative to promote the rights of homosexuals has been rebuffed in Africa, where Uganda also is considering a draconian law carrying penalties of up to life imprisonment for certain gay acts. Many Africans believe homosexuality is an evil import from the West. However, the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, James F. Entwistle, on a recent radio program assured Nigerians that the United States would not be cutting aid because of the new anti-gay law. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/15/3327465/mob-attacks-alleged-gays-in-nigerian.html#storylink=cpy
If Nigerian gays could vote in US elections the liberals would be supporting whatever got them the most votes....like they do in this country.
WHats the big deal. Liberals are allowed to have selective outrage. Their opinions can change on a whim. Republicans on the other hand, they have 1 view for life and must be held to that standard forever. Like if you're religious, you're an automatic bigot.
If we turn our backs totally on Nigeria, Boko Haram will win and everybody is screwed. Do keep up with these things.
Irrespective of whether "we" support philosophies that promote or suppress mental/physical defects that culminate in sex perversion, why the hell would we be squandering money we don't have on Nigeria?! Nigeria enjoys enormous national wealth because of all the oil it controls. Why can't they support themselves? Why should it matter if they support or suppress deviant, perverted sexual behavior? It's none of our ****ing business! Our policy toward radical Islam in Nigeria should be the same as it should be everywhere else in the world. Leave them alone until/unless they menace or threaten the United States, whereupon we go in and bomb the living hell out of them until they are no longer a problem. We can make it more complicated than that, and we can waste billions we don't have on the Third World, but it makes no sense at all....
Such an odd attitude for someone on the Right! Now if you could only persuade Republicans to share your view, they might have a following...
Wow, someone really is going out of their way to make sure people know exactly where they stand on the issue of homosexuality.
Yes, Dave, the revelation that you support throwing away billions of dollars on third-world pisspots like Nigeria doesn't surprise me at all. Suggestion: why don't you and a few of your gay buddies go over there and convert Nigerians to your concept of what human civilization should be like (instead of what it has been for thousands of years). Have lots of video clips posted on the internet showing your efforts, including the ones where they throw you down to your knees and cut your heads off! It would go viral planetwide and you'd actually be important for a few minutes....
This is proof that the U.S. government, as well as the Obama Administration, doesn't really give a rat's ass about gays. It's all smoke and mirrors designed to keep the masses preoccupied with silliness like imagined civil rights for gays, while the really important stuff like Benghazi, mass unemployment, and ObamaCare fail are quickly swept under the rug or misreported on. As for Nigeria, it looks like we don't really need them anymore: http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MTTIMUSNI1&f=M
Good thread. Just more proof that the Obama administration doesn't really seem to give a damn about gays in other countries.
... I'm confused. When the US does intervene in a countries politics, it is criticized for doing too much, not doing enough, helping one side, fighting another...etc. When it tries to stay out of it, they get criticized again for not caring about one group or another. Seems like no matter what course of action the Govt takes, it's the wrong one. Personally I would think that holding however much aid is given to the country over their heads would be a stronger tactic then simply removing all of it entirely. As it were, there aren't a lot of options to take it seems.
England also gives Nigeria foreign aid. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/42...oreign-aid-for-Nigeria-to-join-the-space-race The Nigerians want to have a space program.
Why would we punish the Nigerian people for the (*)(*)(*)(*)ty politics of their government? Maybe you should actually learn where US aid to Nigeria actually goes before making wild accusations. http://results.usaid.gov/nigeria#fy2012
This issue seems to be on a par with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton practically being in bed with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the only country in the world where women are denied the right to drive cars, but hell, George Bush was practically in bed with King Abdullah, too. When you mention the Obama administration it seems you want to point with pride at the Bush administration. https://www.google.com/search?q=geo...xNoiGkQflmIDgCA&ved=0CCQQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=921
