I was just about going out to work on Wednesday morning when I saw a news headline that stopped me in my tracks, literarily. I watched a news report on Silverbird TV, Lagos on same sex marriage legislation in Nigeria. A bill protecting the rights of citizens who would like to have same sex marriages, was at the level of the second reading. Our senators were at a level of passing this into law. This, for me, is sacrilegious! Just last week I heard that the senators of my beloved country Nigeria, were making a move to legalize prostitution. Their argument was this: by legalizing it, you are able to regulate it.
Here are my thoughts. In a community like Nigeria, where power generation is an issue, where primary health care is still a mirage and quality of education is under zero, all our legislators are talking about are sexual issues. I am not completely surprised at this response by our senators. It seems to me that all they can see is just what appeals to their appetites. It is a pity that our leadership is blind and completely clueless.
To think that another government, in this same Western Africa, is refusing aid from "big brother Britain" on this same sex rights issue is interesting. Immediately after the homosexual marriage report, there was another news item on how Britain was withdrawing aid from Ghana because they were not supporting "gay" rights. The president of Ghana, John Atta Mills kind of said, Get Lost Cameron! Take your money and eat it if you like (Well that's not exactly what he said).
So what can we do? First of all we must see this as a clear assault of the devil against all mankind in Nigeria (and not just the christian community). In the light of this, we must engage in spiritual warfare, empowering the angels of God to ensure that this invasion of darkness is stopped. WE MUST PRAY!!!
Secondly we must begin to find ways to educate our youth, children and teenagers on the ills of homosexuality and lesbianism. Not just by saying "It is wrong because God said it is!" Of course that is not wrong. God said it is wrong but the youth of today have another question. Why is it wrong? We must develop intelligent, bible-based answers to this question. If the answers are not convincing, you have lost the youth and anything goes. If however the answers are clear and intelligent, it creates a better worldview for the individual and enables him to make the right decisions.
Selah.
2 comments:
The fact is that deeply rooted in our culture are unstable fault lines waiting patiently for the right moment to wreck our ethics and values. What we're witnessing are manifestations of such.
Although, these old men, our senators, are oblivious of the problems of the Nigerian populace, assuming they decide to take cognizance, the question to be asked is, "could they possibly proffer the right solutions?"
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