Gay rights, my foot! - by Kola Animasaun

Where do human rights begin and where do they end? I should think they should begin with al God-given rights and end where God’s laws naturally “adhere to proper human rights.”

But the British Prime Minister has extended it to include making homosexuality legal. The British have been doing the best for themselves to redraw the natural laws in the last few years. They have made nonsense of the Bible and the Qur’an. And you want to believe that they do not believe in any of them.

You hear of partners – male and female – living together and making nonsense of the sanctity of marriage. That of course does not seem to be the limit. Now, you have marriage between man and man; woman and woman.

From time immemorial God warned us against both extremes. And he even demonstrated what would happen if we go against His injunctions. We should not forget the people of Lot – many years and many centuries ago – who were punished by turning them into pillars of salts – both sodomites and lesbians.

80. And (We had sent) Lot when he said to his people, “Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds (i.e. people)?

81. Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rathern than you, you are transgressing people.”

82. But the answer of his people was only that they said, “Evict them from your city! They are men who keep themselves pure.”

83. So we save him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained (with the evildoers)

84. And We rained upon them a rain (of stones). Then see how was the end of the criminals.

We should thank Senator Domingo Obende, the President of the Senate and other senators who have legalised that this practice in Nigeria must stop.

The bill for an act to prohibit marriage between persons of the same gender, solemnisation of the same sex and for other matters related therewith was sponsored by the good senator. Domingo said gay marriage is spreading like a wild fire and must be stopped.

David Cameron last month in Perth, Australia, had threatened to cut aid payments to “countries with poor records on gay rights, stressing that countries receiving British aid should adhere to proper human rights.” And that has been translated to include homosexuality. An insult to our integrity! It means we must take in their phlegm.

The Senate has passed the bill and the President of Senate has damned the consequences. The Senate says Nigeria will punish homosexuality with 14 years in prison and that gay marriage is not recognised in the country. Even witness to gay marriages will also be punished.

Those so-called Human Rights organisations – some of them like the UK and other countries – think Nigerians are still in the axe age.

The truth is that these practices are getting to be very widespread. There are the dan daodu’s of the North. We should take care of them as well. And there are also the purveyors of pornography.

LASU fees controversy

My daughter, Olusola, was a pioneer student of the Lagos State University. She entered most effortlessly in 1984. It was a university for the poor. She took N2 to the university every day and that was when we could not put together the N30 or so to enable her to take a room near the school. And she would have shared room at N10 with her friends at three per room (when we were able to raise the money and that was when she went and shared with her friends).

How out of N2 she would transport herself to and from and eat… When she settled in her room I gave her N10 every week. That was what Jakande did for all Lagosians and those who were not. There were other things that he did that made life comfortable and easy for all of us.

I know things have changed but the average worker is yet to earn N18,000.00. He pays two thousands a month for rent. I cannot say how many thousands he pays for transport. In other ways the wage will not carry.

LASU paid N25,000. Now LASU is asking for N250,000 at the lowest. That is 75 percent increase. From now on, at least 80 per cent of school population will have to stay at home. That will mean more idle and restless youths.

Governor Fashola should lighten the burden of his constituents and the people will be grateful to him.

Dele Sobowale, frankly speaking

Dele Sobowale, frankly speaking wrote on Lagos Governorship coming up on 2015. And he headed it Christian Agenda. It was the first instalment which means he would write more. Now I cannot judge him on the first article. I shall wait for the No2.

-Kola.

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