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MikeE Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 06:25 PM
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If you are gay, married, and travel to Nigera, you go to jail
Under the anti-gay marriage bill, a same-sex couple married anywhere and returning to Nigeria, or anyone who is married to a same-sex partner who travels to Nigeria including foreign business people, would be jailed for up to three years.


http://www.365gay.com/news/nigeria-moves-to-ban-gay-marriage/

I think it's time we asked the US to impose santions and ban all trade and business with this country. They should add Jamaica to the list too.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 06:30 PM
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1. Hey we buy lots of oil from Nigeria!
If we haven't been upset by the oppression of Nigerian people living in areas the oil companies want to exploit, and we haven't been, what would make us change now?
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MikeE Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 06:47 PM
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2. Sounds like another good argument
for energy independence
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Duncan Grant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 06:54 PM
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3. Aw, shucks. There goes my honeymoon!
Wonder what Jamaica is like this time of year?
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MikeE Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 07:15 PM
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4. Personally, I like Puerto Rico better
Edited on Thu Jan-29-09 07:16 PM by MikeE
It' a beautiful island, from the city and clubsof San Juan, to the miles of beaches and good surfing in Rincon. They also have a rainforest, and best of all... the chupacabra :headbang:
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 10:44 PM
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5. Add the Cayman Islands to your list
Of homophobic hellholes not to visit. My favorite? Costa Rica
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