ANTHROPOCENTRIC AETIOLOGY OF CERTAIN MARRIAGE TYPES: NEED FOR THE REVIEW OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE PROHIBITION LAW IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The  concept  and  practice  of  same  sex  marriage  have  been  of  grave  concern  to  opinion  leaders,  politicians,  legal luminaries  and  all  forms  of  custodians  of  conscience.  Marriage  is  a  sacred  institution  understood  from  time immemorial to be generally between people of the opposite sex. Any attempt to determine otherwise has often been met with revulsion and repulsion. This is because same sex marriage has often been mistaken to necessarily indicate and/or include same sex sexual relationship. The author in thiswork has attempted to elucidate the fact that same sex marriages particularly same sex woman-to-woman marriages do not necessarily tantamount to same sex sexual relationship.  Examples  of  societies  where  same  sex  woman-to-woman  marriages  are  practiced,  devoid  of  any mutual  sexual,  insinuations  were  given  and  reasons  for  such  marriages  explained.  Origins  of  such  marriages  and their unequivocal acceptance and adoption by the communities concerned were proffered.