Appraising the Cross Currents of Laws, Religion and Culture on Same Sex Marriage Issue in Nigeria

dc.contributor.authorAdebayo, Mahmud Kayode
dc.contributor.authorOlokooba, Saka Muhammed
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-01T10:53:08Z
dc.date.available2021-06-01T10:53:08Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionnilen_US
dc.description.abstractsince there is no well articulated legal protection against same sex marriage discrimination in Nigeria, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons are facing unique legal and socio-religious challenges. Most Nigerians due to their religious belief opined that homosexuality is a way of life that the society should not accept. This position has been widely criticized . this paper therefore examines same sex marriages from human rights point of view. The paper elucidate the imperative of universality of human rights, based on the principle of justice and equity against the socio-religious sentiments that was used to carry support for anti-same sex marriage campaigns in Nigeria.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationnilen_US
dc.identifier.issn1216-2574
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5634
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHungarian Academy of Sciences, Akademiai Kiado Budapesten_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesnil;nil
dc.subjectLegalizingen_US
dc.subjectsame sex marriageen_US
dc.subjectLesbianen_US
dc.subjectgayen_US
dc.subjectBisexualen_US
dc.subjectreligionen_US
dc.titleAppraising the Cross Currents of Laws, Religion and Culture on Same Sex Marriage Issue in Nigeriaen_US
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dc.typeArticleen_US

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