I can just see all the lesbians dancing around because finally, Vera Ezimora is gay. I have always known that girls want me. No girl has ever asked me out, but it is my belief that they all want me anyway. I’m looking forward to my first day of being asked out by a chic. Sweeeeet! It’ll become official that Vera Ezimora is hot to anyone and everyone. Expect a blog post!<\/p>\n
But since I’m not gay, you can now pick your jaw from the floor. Sometime last week, Nigeria passed a homophobic law (that’s not the actual name of the law). I am paraphrasing here, but the law basically states that homosexuality in Nigeria is illegal and punishable by prison time. If you’re convicted of the act of homosexuality, you will be sentenced to ten years in prison. If you’re convicted of aiding and abetting homosexuality (like owning a gay bar), you will be sentenced to fourteen years in prison. You are not allowed to marry someone of the same sex, and you are not allowed to publicly display affections for persons of the same sex. If you marry someone of the same sex outside Nigeria, your marriage will not be recognized or honored in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
After finding out about this new law, I put up a Facebook status instructing lightening to strike the makers of the law three times. To this, I got many, many comments – over ninety of them. Most of the comments supported the law for one or more of the following reasons (and my thoughts are in parenthesis and italics)<\/em>:<\/p>\n 1. \u00a0Homosexuality is a sin (so is adultery and fornication. Why don’t we have a law against them?)<\/em><\/p>\n 2. \u00a0It is against our culture to be homosexuals (And it’s for our culture to be pedophiles, rapists, murderers, and thieves?)<\/em><\/p>\n 3. \u00a0Homosexuality was brought to Nigeria by the Western people (Ehm, but it’s been around since before the time of Jesus).<\/em><\/p>\n 4. \u00a0God destroyed\u00a0Sodom\u00a0and Gomorrah because of homosexuality (No. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for many things like incest, murder, and homosexuality).<\/em><\/p>\n 5. \u00a0There are now too many gay people in Nigeria (Who took a previous count of them before?)<\/em>.<\/p>\n 6. \u00a0The law makers are doing their job (Which is …?)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n 7. \u00a0Only a gay person (like me) will be affected by this law (I cannot justify this comment with an answer)<\/em>.<\/p>\n 8. \u00a0If our forefathers were gay, we all will not be here today (Yes, we will. Some of them would have still been straight)<\/em>.<\/p>\n 9. \u00a0If homosexuality must be allowed in Nigeria, then so should incest and pedophilia since they’re both choices (The two cannot and should not be ever compared).<\/em><\/p>\n 10. \u00a0We are a religious nation. We don’t commit this type of evil (Errr. No, we’re not. And yes, we do.)<\/em><\/p>\n If it is true that laws are made for order and good governance, then why was this law made? It does not solve any problem, and clearly, it will only \u00a0make things worse in Nigeria. Nigeria has way too many problems at this time, like our corrupt leaders, lack of petroleum, lack of food, poor education, poverty, lack of a working health system, lack of electricity, lack of water, bad roads, Boko Haram, and many, many more. How can homosexuality possibly be the priority right now?<\/p>\n If all the homosexuals are put in prison, will that eliminate their gayness? And if all the homosexuals are locked up in prison, then where will the real criminals stay? Speaking of which, the Boko Haram spokesperson that was caught has now been sentenced to prison: three (3) years. And the senator who was implicated in the issue is free to go. Don’t we just have a great judicial system?<\/p>\n This past Saturday, I, my co-host (Niyi), and my callers spent two hours on the show deliberating on the morality of this new law. It was a hot conversation – naturally. If you missed the show, you can listen to it HERE<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Let me know what you think when you’re done.<\/p>\n I had intended to write so much more, but after facebooking, tweeting, and talking about it for the past few days, writing about it seems like such a hassle. But I have to mention, though, that I was so disappointed in how judgmental people were when they thought I was gay. Some people told me they were going to unfriend me because I was gay. With almost 5,000 facebook friends, you can see how unmoved I was by their threatened unfriendship. But that was just what I suffered for one day. Imagine what the actual gay people have to go through EVERY DAY.<\/p>\n Let’s be human. This shouldn’t be about Nigeria, culture, or religion. This should simply be about humanity. I am not in support of homosexuality. Because I am a bible-believing Christian, I do solemnly believe that homosexuality is a sin, just like adultery and fornication. I do not understand homosexuality, nor do I have much interest in doing so. But if I am who I say I am (a daughter of the Most High God), then it is not my place to judge the gay people. On that note, neither is it my place to send them to jail or criminalize their acts. Homosexuality is not like incest or pedophilia or rape or theft or murder where people get hurt. The most and best I can do is pray. Isn’t that what Jesus did? And isn’t that what He will do today? But you don’t have to be a Christian to adopt this view. You just have to be human. Live and let live. Okay, I’m gonna stop preaching now.<\/p>\n On the plus (and very scary) side, I now have 25 days to my unveiling! *INSERT LOUD IGBO SCREAM*<\/strong> On January 1st 2012, my anonymity will be gone. If you know nothing about this development, then please read this post<\/a><\/strong> to find out more. Many people have asked me if I’m serious about that, and the answer is yes. I couldn’t be more serious. Nervous, yes. Anxious, yes. Serious, definite yes.<\/p>\n >>> Join me on\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and on\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/strong>. Let’s talk <<<<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"