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Buhari VS US Lawmakers on Same Sex Marriage!

 Adesina made further clarification that the same sex marriage issue came up at the joint session of Senate and House Committees on Foreign Affairs, not in direct talks with Obama. He added that talks shifted to another matter as Buhari emphatically stated Nigeria’s stand on same sex marriage.   Recalled that Adesina had earlier posted on his Twitter handle that “the issue of gay marriage came up here yesterday. PMB was point blank. Sodomy is against the law in Nigeria, and abhorrent to our culture”.

France's Hollande Signs Gay Marriage Law Making 14th Country

Gradually this controversial Gay Marriage bill is making ways into countries, after months of hot contest by many conservatives in France, French President Francois Hollande has signed into law the bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings. France's official journal announced on Saturday the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council gave it the go-ahead on Friday. The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president, where allowing gay marriage is one of the biggest social reforms since abolition of the death penalty in 1981. Opponents have staged huge and often violent demonstrations against the bill and have called yet another protest on May 26. The leader of opposition to gay marriage, a political activist and humorist who goes under the name of Frigide Barjot, has said the protest would draw millions into the streets. Montpellier mayor Helene Mandroux, who is due to celebrate France's first gay marriage...