A LEGAL AND JURISPRUDENTIAL ANALYSIS OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND SAME SEX MARRIAGES: SUPPORTING THE NIGERIAN POSITIION

Title Page                                                                                         i

Certification                                                                                    ii

Approval                                                                                         iii

Dedication                                                                                       iv

Acknowledgement                                                                          v

Table of Contents                                                                            vii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1     Definition of Homosexuality                                                1

1.2     Who is a Homosexual?                                                          16

1.3     What is Marriage?                                                                 18

1.4     Forms of Same-Sex Marriages                                              26

1.5     Same-Sex Marriage in Contradistinction with Purpose

          of Marriage in the Ordinary Sense                                       30

CHAPTER TWO: LAW AND MORALITY IN RELATION TO HOMOSEXUALITY AND SAME MARRIAGES

 

2.1     The Moral Implication of Homosexuality and Same-Sex

          Marriage                                                                                35

 

2.2     Moral Implication of Homosexuality in Nigeria                 47

CHAPTER THREE

 

3.1     Anti-Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage

Legislations in Nigeria                                                          56

 

3.2     Attempts by the Nigerian Legislature and People

to Stopping the Scourge                                                        59

 

CHAPTER FOUR:  OPINION ACROSS THE WORLD

4.1     Social and Legal View Point of Homosexuality

Around the World History                                                   68

 

4.2     Social and Legal View Point of Homosexuality

in America                                                                             72

 

CHAPTER FIVE:  CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1     Conclusion                                                                            78

5.2     Recommendations                                                              81

Bibliography                                                                                  82