“Èèmọ̀ ni ki ọkùnrin fẹ́ ọkùnrin tàbi ki obinrin fẹ́ obinrin ni Àṣà Yorùbá ” – “Same Sex Marriage is a strage occurrence to Yoruba Traditional Marriage”

Ilé Ẹjọ́ Àgbà yi Àṣà Ìgbéyàwó Àdáyébá padà ni ilú Àmẹ́ríka. Ni ọjọ́ Ẹti, Oṣù kẹfà, ọjọ́ Kẹrindinlọ́gbọ́n, ọdún Ẹgbãlemẹdógún, Ilé Ẹjọ́ Àgbà ti ilú Àmẹ́ríkà ṣe òfin pé “Kò si Ìpínlẹ̀ Àmẹ́ríkà ti ó ni ẹ̀tọ́ lati kọ igbéyàwó laarin ọkùnrin pẹ̀lú ọkùnrin tàbi obinrin pẹ̀lú obinrin”. Ijà fún ẹ̀tọ́ lati ṣe irú igbeyawo yi ti wà lati bi ọdún mẹrindinlãdọta sẹhin, ṣùgbọ́n ni oṣù kẹfà, ọdún Ẹgbãlemẹ́tàlá, Ilé Ẹjọ́ Àgbà fi àṣẹ si pé ki Ìjọba Àpapọ̀ gba àṣà ki ọkùnrin fẹ́ ọkùnrin tàbi ki obinrin fẹ́ obinrin, lati jẹ ki àwọn ti ó bá ṣe irú igbéyàwó yi lè gba ẹ̀tọ́ ti ó tọ́ si igbéyàwó àdáyébá – ohun ti ó tọ́ si ọkùnrin ti o fẹ́ obinrin, nipa ogún pinpin, owó ori tàbi bi igbéyàwó ba túká.

Julia Tate, left, kisses her wife, Lisa McMillin, in Nashville, Tennessee, after the reading the results of the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/26/politics/scotus-same-sex-main/index.html">Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage</a> on Wednesday, June 26. The high court struck down key parts of the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/06/politics/scotus-ruling-windsor/index.html">Defense of Marriage Act</a> and cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California by rejecting an appeal on the state's <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/06/politics/scotus-ruling-perry/index.html">Proposition 8</a>.

Obinrin fẹ́ obinrin – Lesbian Relationship reactions to the Supreme Court Ruling

Ìjọba-àpapọ̀ ti ilú Àmẹ́ríkà gba òfin yi wọlé nitori “Òfin-Òṣèlú ni wọn fi ndari ilú Àmẹ́ríkà”. Lati igbà ti ìròyìn ìdájọ́ yi ti jade, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àgbáyé, pàtàki àwọn Ẹlẹ́sin Igbàgbọ́ ti nda ẹ̀bi fún Ìjọba Àmẹ́ríkà pé wọn rú òfin Ọlọrun nipa Igbéyàwó.

Ni àṣà igbéyàwó Yorùbá, èèmọ̀ ni ki ọkùnrin fẹ́ ọkùnrin tàbi ki obinrin fẹ́ obinrin. Ki ẹbi ma ba parẹ́, ọmọ bibi jẹ ikan ninú ohun pàtàki ni igbéyàwó. Bi ọkùnrin bá fẹ́ ọkùnrin, wọn ò lè bi ọmọ lai si pé wọn gba ọmọ tọ́ tàbi ki wọn wa obinrin ti yio bá wọn bi ọmọ tàbi bi ó bá jẹ laarin obinrin meji ti ó fẹ́ ara, ikan ninú obinrin yi ti lè bimọ tẹ́lẹ̀ tàbi ki ó wá ọkùnrin ti yio fún ohun lóyún ki wọn lè ni ọmọ ni irú igbéyàwó yi.

Yorùbá ni “Bi a ti nṣe ni ilé wa, èèwọ̀ ibòmíràn” òfin Àmẹ́ríkà yi jẹ́ èèmọ̀ ni ilẹ̀ Yorùbá nitori a kò gbọ tàbi ka a ninú itàn àṣà Yoruba . Ki ṣe gbogbo èèmọ̀ ni ó dára, fún àpẹrẹ, ni igbà kan ri èèmọ̀ ni ki èniyàn bi àfin, tàbi bi ibeji nitori eyi, wọn ma npa ikan ninú àwọn meji yi ni tàbi ki wọn jù wọn si igbó lati kú, ṣùgbọ́n láyé òde òni àṣà ji ju ibeji tàbi ibẹta si igbó ti dúró. Kò yẹ ki ẹnikẹni pa ẹnikeji nitori àwọ̀ ara tàbi nitori ẹni ti èniyàn bá ni ìfẹ́ si. Ni ilú Àmẹ́ríkà ni àwọn ti ó fi ẹsin Ìgbàgbọ́ bojú ti kó si abẹ́ àwọn Aṣòfin ilú Àmẹ́ríkà ni ayé àtijọ́ pé Aláwọ̀dúdú ki ṣe èniyàn, nitori eyi, ó lòdi si òfin ki Aláwọ̀dúdú fẹ́ Aláwọ̀funfun, bi wọn bá fẹ́ra, wọn kò kà wọn kún tàbi ka irú ọmọ bẹ ẹ si èniyàn gidi. Bẹni wọn lo òfin burúkú yi naa lati pa Aláwọ̀dúdú lẹhin isin ni aarin igboro lai ya Aláwọ̀dúdú ti wọn kó lẹ́rú lati ilẹ Yorùbá sọtọ. Ogun abẹ́lé àti ṣi ṣe Òfin Àpapọ̀ tuntun lẹhin ogun, ni wọn fi gba àwọn Aláwọ̀dúdú silẹ̀ ni ilú Àmẹ́ríkà.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

The Supreme Court upturned the traditional marriage culture in America. On Friday, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court once again ruled that “No State in America has the right to prevent gay and lesbian couple from getting married under the Law”. The struggle for marriage equality has been on since forty six years ago, but in June 2013, the Supreme Court first ruled that “Same Sex Marriage be legalized and given the same right as that of Traditional Marriage” at the Federal level, to afford them such rights as inheritance, tax benefits and divorce.

The Supreme Court ruling was adopted because “Law and Order in America is based on respect for the Constitution and the Rule of Law”. Since the announcement of this ruling, there has been outcry from all over the World against it, particularly from the Christians who came out to condemn American Government that such ruling is against the Law of God on marriage.

In Yoruba Culture, it is odd and a strange occurrence for a Man to marry a Man or for a Woman to marry a Woman. In order for family not to go into extinction, child bearing is one of the most important purpose of marriage, hence if a man marries another man, they cannot bear children without adopting a child or have one through surrogate mother or if it is between woman to woman, one of them or both could have had children from previous traditional relationship or look for a man to impregnate one of them.

According to Yoruba adage “The culture in our home could be a taboo in another”, American Same Sex Marriage culture is a still a strange occurrence in Yoruba tradition. Not all strange occurrence are and not all taboos are good, for example, in time past, it is a taboo to give birth to Albino, or twins. As a result, one of the twins is either killed or the two of them thrown into the forest to die, but nowadays, the culture of throwing the twins or triplet in the forest has been stopped. No one should be killed for the reason of colour of the skin or as a result of expression of love preference. White Americans used their religious beliefs all in the name of Christianity to influence the Constitution to declare that African Americans were not full human beings, hence it was forbidden for Black American to marry a White American. If they do, neither they nor their children were recognised as complete human being. Without any consequence for their actions, they hid under this terrible Law to lynch/kill the African Americans in public, mostly after Church Service, without differentiating whether the slaves are from Yoruba land or other African Countries. It took the American Civil War and amending the Constitution to accommodate a new Federal Law after the war to protect the African Americans from these wicked acts. According to Yoruba adage “The culture in our home could be a taboo in another”, American Same Sex Marriage culture is a taboo in Yoruba tradition. Not all taboos are good, for example, in time past, it is a taboo to give birth to Albino, or twins. As a result, one of the twins is either killed or the two of them thrown into the forest to die, but nowadays, the culture of throwing the twins or triplet in the forest has been stopped. No one should be killed for the reason of colour of the skin or as a result of expression of love preference. White Americans used their religious beliefs all in the name of Christianity to influence the Constitution to declare that African Americans were not full human beings, hence it was forbidden for Black American to marry a White American and if they do, neither they nor their children were recognised as complete human being. Without any consequence for their actions, they hid under this terrible Law to lynch/kill the African Americans in public, mostly after Church Service, without differentiating whether the slaves are from Yoruba land or other African Countries. It took the American Civil War and amending the Constitution to accommodate a new Federal Law after the war to protect the African Americans from these wicked acts.

Originally posted 2015-07-21 19:46:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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“Èèmọ̀ ni ki ọkùnrin fẹ́ ọkùnrin tàbi ki obinrin fẹ́ obinrin ni Àṣà Yorùbá ” – “Same Sex Marriage is a strage occurrence to Yoruba Traditional Marriage”

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