So Nigerian lawmakers passed a bill that invoked a jail sentence and some other dumb punishments for gay people - even for just having a gay organization. Today, Goodluck Jonathan signed it into law.
I commented on this development on Facebook but, unfortunately, Facebook is not a good forum for calling out this kind of stupidity:
- The majority of Facebook users are dumb. This is evidenced by their lack of attention to spelling or grammar, sharing of hoax articles, and presence of teenagers.
- here are religious folks on my friends list and while I truly don't care if I offend them for believing in Space Grandpa, I also don't want to hear them bitch and moan about how I'm rude or whatever.
- I mainly try to keep things only semi-serious where Facebook is concerned.
A head spokesman for GEJ said the following:
"More than 90 percent of Nigerians are opposed to same-sex marriage. So, the law is in line with our cultural and religious beliefs as a people."
On Facebook, I said, "Your cultural and religious beliefs are bad, and you should feel bad," in the style of Dr. Zoidberg.
Here, I say then that means that more than 90 percent of Nigerians are useless human beings. I'm glad knowing that I am smarter than them. Is there any way we can take all of the Fundies from America and ship them over to Nigeria? It sounds like they'd have a fun time. Of course, they'd have to contend with Boko Haram but since they are war-loving assholes it shouldn't be that big of a deal for them to adapt.