Nigerian Student Chibuihem Amalaha Uses Magnets To Prove Homosexuality Is Wrong
Thursday, September 19, 2013Omoba
A student in Nigeria
is claiming he can prove gay marriage is wrong through science - and his
scientific "breakthrough" is backed by his university.
Chibuihem Amalaha, who
has won awards in his country for reporting on energy science and featured on
various national television stations, says he used a magnet experiment to prove
homosexuality is "improper".
Amalaha says his
"groundbreaking" experiments show the north and south poles of two
magnets are attracted to each other while same poles repel each other.
He concludes this
“means that man cannot attract another man because they are the same, and a
woman should not attract a woman because they are the same. That is how I used
physics to prove gay marriage wrong".
Amalaha's
"research" has been commended by the University of Lagos, where he is
a postgraduate student, and has been told by lecturers he will "win a
Nobel prize one day". The interview with the student was published on Nigerian
website This Day Live, where his findings appear to be presented as fact.
"A University of
Lagos post graduate student, Chibuihem Amalaha, from Imo State has used science
to prove that gay marriage is improper among other breakthroughs, writes
Charles Ajunwa," the article states. "He talked about his researches
and scientific breakthroughs with the confidence of an achiever..
"..And now his
works have earned him the respect in the world of science."
South African gay lifestyle website Mambaonline.com slammed
the interview, saying it was "absurd".
"It’s debatable
as to whether the embarrassing article is more damming of the standard of
education at the University of Lagos or of the standard of journalism at This
Day," criticises writer Luiz DeBarros. "The uncritical and uninformed
article is likely to add to the ignorance and prejudice surrounding
homosexuality in Nigeria."
Nigeria's laws on
homosexual acts are notoriously harsh; current legislation punishes homosexual
acts with up to 14 years in jail, or, in some northern regions of the country,
death by stoning.
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