Abuja — The overriding determination of most Nigerian senators to ensure that the malaise of same-sex marriage otherwise called gay marriage does not take any root in the Nigerian society, propelled the overwhelming support which the bill proposed to prohibit the practice, scaled through the second reading yesterday at the Senate. From indications, the days of the practice appear numbered, given the massive support it received.
The bill, sponsored by Senator Domingo Obende (PDP, Edo) and 13 others would have been shot down by Senator Ita Enang (PDP, Akwa Ibom) who argued that the criminal code had already criminalised gay marriage but for the intervention of Senate President David Mark who allowed the bill to proceed.
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