Lagos, Nigeria — NIGERIANS welcomed the enactment of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which nonetheless received condemnation from the United States and other developed nations.
The majority of Nigeria's 170 million people, either Christians or Muslims, described the enactment of the new law banning homosexuality as in line with traditional, cultural and religious beliefs.
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