I guess the idea to talk about this came from a picture I came across while I was doing research on the anti-gay bill passed by the Nigerian senate at the end of last year. I won't go into my opinions on that very controversial issue, ;) but some of the things I discovered were just.. too much.
Once again, this is not about the issue of the bill itself, but this was just a quintessential representation of the fact that in a society where "heretics" of the norm are admonished, condemned and not given a voice, this "societal moral compass" is now being ingrained into the minds of the younger ones in such a way that they do not have a choice but to accept what "daddy told them" or what "pastor said was right and wrong". I mean look at that little boy smiling like he really knows what is going on.
Some may find it hard to agree with me because of the example I've chosen but I ask you to hear me out. Is it right for a child to be exposed to such an environment before they are even able to form an opinion of their own? Granted Nigeria has never been the most liberal or avant-garde of nations and of course parents have a duty to teach their children morals, morals which inevitably coincide with theirs, but the forceful involvement of a child in such PROACTIVE bashment at an age when ideally they shouldn't even know the difference, I simply can't agree with.
Just some food for thought...
