{"id":2015788,"date":"2023-08-29T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/67-people-arrested-at-gay-wedding-in-africa-we-cannot-copy-the-western-world\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:38:37","slug":"67-people-arrested-at-gay-wedding-in-africa-we-cannot-copy-the-western-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/67-people-arrested-at-gay-wedding-in-africa-we-cannot-copy-the-western-world\/","title":{"rendered":"67 individuals were apprehended at a same-sex wedding in Africa, citing a refusal to imitate the Western culture."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F67-people-arrested-at-gay-wedding-in-africa-we-cannot-copy-the-western-world%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>67 People Arrested at Gay Wedding\u2064 in \u200dAfrica: &#8216;We Cannot Copy the Western World&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Police in Nigeria \u2063announced on Tuesday that they had detained at least 67 individuals who were celebrating a gay wedding. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quincy-institute-fellow-denies-muslim-uighur-genocide\/\" title=\"Quincy Institute Fellow Denies Muslim Uighur Genocide\">mass detention<\/a> is one of the largest crackdowns on homosexuality in the \u2064country,\u2064 where it is illegal.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests took place\u2064 in Ekpan town, located \u200bin the southern Delta state, at around 2 a.m. \u2062on Monday. According to Bright Edafe, the state police spokesman, the event was\u2064 a wedding ceremony between two individuals of the \u200csame sex. Edafe emphasized that Nigeria will never tolerate homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Homosexual acts are frequently targeted in Nigeria, which is Africa&#8217;s most populous country. Under the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, individuals can face up to 14 years in prison for engaging in same<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-young-americans-who-identify-as-lgbt-skyrockets-poll\/\" title=\"Number Of Young Americans Who Identify As LGBT Skyrockets: Poll\">-sex relationships<\/a>, while accomplices can be sentenced to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bpolice in Delta state\u2062 raided a hotel in Ekpan where the gay wedding was taking place.\u2064 Initially, 200 people were arrested, but after preliminary investigations, 67 of them were detained,\u200c as revealed by Edafe during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">press conference held<\/a> at a police station where the suspects were\u2064 being paraded.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The amazing part of it was that we saw two suspects, and there is a video recording where they were performing their wedding ceremony,&#8221; Edafe said. &#8220;We are in\u2063 Africa\u2063 and we are in\u200d Nigeria. We cannot copy the Western world because we don\u2019t have the same culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Edafe reiterated that the Nigerian police \u200dcannot stand idly by while individuals openly express their sexual orientation. He made it clear that such behavior will not be allowed in Nigeria, and the suspects will face charges in court once the investigation is complete.<\/p>\n<p>During a \u200clive broadcast of the suspects&#8217; parade by the police,\u200d one of those arrested claimed that \u200bthey were not\u2063 attending a wedding ceremony but were at the hotel for a different engagement. Another suspect \u200cstated that he does not identify as gay and was apprehended\u2064 while on his way to a fashion show.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;On my way going to the event, police attacked me and took\u200c me to the police station,&#8221; the suspect said. \u200d&#8221;They said I have \u2063committed an offense while dressed like this, but I don\u2019t know if cross-dressing is against the constitution of the land.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nigeria is among \u200bseveral African\u200d countries\u2063 that\u2062 have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/67-people-arrested-at-gay-wedding-in-africa-we-cannot-copy-the-western-world\/\" title=\"67 individuals were apprehended at a same-sex wedding in Africa, citing a refusal to imitate the Western culture.\">enacted laws criminalizing<\/a> same-sex relationships. The most recent addition to \u200bthis list is Uganda, where\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shall-never-be-infringed-texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-law-banning-government-from-closing-places-of-worship\/\" title=\"\u2018Shall Never Be Infringed\u2019: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Law Banning Government From Closing Places Of Worship\">newly signed law<\/a> even carries a death penalty in certain cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press \u2062story and may have altered\u200c it prior to publication \u200dto ensure\u200c that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-67-people-arrested-gay-wedding-africa-cannot-copy-western-world\/\">67 People Arrested at Gay Wedding \u2064in Africa: &#8216;We Cannot Copy the Western World&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Nigeria detained 67 individuals for participating in a gay wedding, marking one of the country&#8217;s largest crackdowns on homosexuality. The arrests occurred in Ekpan town, Delta state, violating the country&#8217;s laws that criminalize same-sex relationships. The event took place at 2 a.m. on Monday, resulting in the apprehension of numerous &#8220;gay suspects.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2015789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}