Where we're headed?

I saw this headline and had two nearly simultaneous reactions:
- Moved on from beating up on just women I see
- In some of what are now considered to be mainstream US political circles, this wouldn't be all that far out as public policy

Nigeria: 18 Arrested For Sodomy - Face Death Penalty
Daily Champion (Lagos)
10 August 2007
Bauchi

EIGHTEEN suspected homosexuals have been arrested by the police in Bauchi for alleged sodomy.

The accused may be sentenced to death if convicted under Bauchi State's Islamic Shariah law.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the suspects were arrested Sunday in a hotel in Bauchi and arraigned Wednesday before Justice Taminu Abubakar of the Bauchi High Court.

Prosecuting police officer, Thadius Boboi told the court that the men, who were wearing female clothing, had come to the city from five neighbouring states to celebrate a gay "marriage".

He said the men's actions had contravened the shari'ah penal code adopted in Bauchi and other states in muslim northern Nigeria eight years ago following the end of military rule.