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A gay couple rejoicing over the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act — June 26, 2013. Image is from AP/BBC

Ẹ bá wa gbé ọ̀rọ̀ yi yẹ̀wò. Àwọn Ilé Ìdájọ́ Àgbà ni ìlú Amerika ṣe ìdájọ wípé “ìgbéyàwó ko di dandan kó jẹ́ laarin ọkùnrin àti obinrin”. Bi wọn ti s’alaiye oro na si, wọn ni kò dára ki àwọn Aṣòfin ti a mọ si “Congress”, sọ wípé “ìgbéyàwó lati jẹ́ laarin ọkùnrin àti obìnrin ni kan ṣoṣo”. Àkíyèsí ti wọn ṣe ni wípé, ìdí ti àwọn Aṣòfin ṣe sọ bẹ̃, ni pé wọn o fẹ́ràn àwọn ti o nṣe igbeyawo ọkùnrin si ọkùnrin tabi obìnrin si obìnrin.

Ẹ jẹ́ ki a yẹ ọ̀rọ̀ yi wo bó yá a fẹ́ràn ẹ, tàbi a o fẹ́ràn ẹ, ṣe àṣà àdáyébá Yorùbá kankan wa, bi òwe tàbí nkan bẹ̃, ti ó sọ ìdí ti a ṣe n fun àwọn ti ó bá ṣe ìgbéyàwó ni ọpọlọpọ ẹ̀tọ́ ti a n fun wọn?

Ẹ jọ̀wọ́, ẹyin ará Yoruba blog, ẹ bá wa da si. Ẹ sọ ìdí ti aṣe n fun àwọn ti ó bá ṣe ìgbéyàwó ni oriṣiriṣi ẹ̀tọ́, ẹ̀bùn lọ́jọ́, ìgbéyàwó àti àyẹ́sí fún àwọn tó bá wà ni ilé ọkọ.

Ìdájọ́ yi ṣe pàtàkì, bi o ti ẹ jẹ wípé Amerika lo yi òfin padà pe ìgbéyàwó ki ṣe laarin ọkùnrin àti obìnrin mọ́ lọ́jọ́ òní, ni ọjọ́ kan, Yorùbá, orílẹ̀ èdè Nigeria àti gbogbo ilẹ̀ aláwọ̀ dúdú yio ṣe ipinu ọ̀rọ̀ yi.

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Originally posted 2013-06-28 15:27:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Ẹ bá wa gbé ọ̀rọ̀ yi yẹ̀wò. Àwọn Ilé Ìdájọ́ Àgbà ni ìlú Amerika ṣe ìdájọ wípé “ìgbéyàwó ko di dandan kó jẹ́ laarin ọkùnrin àti obinrin” : US Supreme Court Decides Marriage Does not Have to be Man & Woman

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