Gay marriage is on the rise as popular South African gay media personality, Somzi Mhlongo marries his partner, Mohale Motaung in a traditional ceremony. The gay couple tied the knot on Saturday, September 28, 2019, in South Africa. READ ALSO: PHOTOS: Student Of St Louis College Of Education Reportedly Dies After Complaining Bitterly About Delay … Read more
Australian citizens have overwhelmingly voted to legalize same s*x marriage, in a largely ceremonial vote which however holds real legislative consequence. With the overwhelming approval of the public, the government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would now move forward with a bill to legalize gay marriage.
A majority vote in the German parliament has led to the revision of the country’s marriage laws to include a partnership between two people of the same s*x.
The vote ended with 393 MP’s voting for, 226 voting against and four MP’s abstaining.
We constantly decry the ignorance, bigotry, and backwards mentality of our countrymen on this site, and for good reason. There is scarcely a nation on this globe so actively dedicated to remaining in a time long gone.
This mentality is often fuelled by our irrational superstitions and a dogmatic approach to the white man’s religion. This mentality often manifests in a bigoted approach to dealing with perceived deviants; persecuting ‘witches’, lynching homosexuals; and the most common, giving our money to ‘pastors’.
This mentality has manifested tenfold in our reaction to the US Supreme Court ruling legalising gay marriage across the country. Quietly sitting in our third world country, we’ve all turned into armchair pundits, armed with our 2,000 year old Holy Book and pronouncing impending Armageddon.
Manasseh Azure Awuni is widely regarded as one of the best journalists in Ghana right now; which I would concede is probably a fair assessment. He is also one of those bible thumping, 1st century bigots this country is overrun with, as a Facebook post of his this afternoon showed.
Manasseh put forward a very shallow, close minded riposte to the Ghanaians who are describing those opposing the judgement as backwards. In a post he probably thinks puts forward a cogent argument against both homosexuals and his perceived Ghanaian opponents, he did nothing but prove himself as being one of the close minded individuals LGBT opponents often are.
No doubt it is a populist post, with most Ghanaians having that same mindset. But the arguments put forth are so shallow minded it beggars belief that a supposed top journalist in the country would confidently display them as his views on the issues. But in the land of the blind…
