Nigeria lawmakers pass anti-gay marriage bill

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's House of Representatives voted Thursday to ban gay marriage and outlaw any groups actively supporting gay rights, endorsing a measure that also calls for 10-year prison sentences for any "public show" of affection by a same-sex couple.

Representatives appeared to unanimously approve the proposal in a voice vote, sending it immediately to President Goodluck Jonathan for him to potentially sign into law in Africa's most populous nation.

Thousands protest gay marriage law in Paris

Riot police battled hundreds of troublemakers in Paris at the end of a largely peaceful march by tens of thousands of people opposed to France’s new gay marriage law.