Members of Parliament have called for the strict enforcement of laws that criminalise homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, and carnal sexual activities in the country.
In a joint statement against LGBTQI+ presented by MP for Ningo/Prampram, Sam George said that the constitution of Ghana clearly forbids any unnatural carnal knowledge, and “such acts that defy the core tenets of our beliefs, values, customs and traditions as a people”.
According to him, it’s unacceptable for a man to marry his fellow man and women going out with her fellow women in the name of human rights.
“The position of the His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in line with upholding the laws of Ghana against the pressures of LGBTQI has been made without equivocation, just as was made by some former presidents, particularly, President John Agyekum Kufuor and President John Evans Atta-Mills. While I commend the Security Agencies for their efforts in the closure of LGBTQI office in Accra, I hereby call for a sustained and effective collaboration among all relevant stakeholders, to curb the threat to our public morality.”
The Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, in a separate statement urged the House to build consensus on the consideration of a possible Private Members Bill to provide greater clarity and unambiguity to proscribe the practices and advocacy of LGBTQI+ in line with the norms and values as people.
He said, “fortified by Article 39 of the Constitution of Ghana afore-stated, I strongly contend that the practices of homosexuality, lesbianism and bestiality are potentially detrimental to the health and well-being of persons who may engage in such acts and accordingly must be deemed as inappropriate practices by the people of Ghana.”
“Furthermore, Section 104 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) proscribes unnatural carnal knowledge,” as he submitted that, “some activists have contended that the provision of unnatural carnal knowledge is anachronistic and no longer sufficient to adequately address the emerging trends of LGBTQI+ matters in the country”.
“Therefore, that school of thought is urging further strengthening of the laws to make them more robust, more encompassing, and more stringent in dealing with the practices of LGBTQI.”
Rev. Ntim added, “among the multi-religious faiths and varied traditional and customary values across the country, an overwhelming consensus is established on the position of the nation in utter rejection of the practices and advocacy of LGBTQI, in conformity with the customary law and tenets of faiths in respect of public morality. Contrary to the individual idiosyncrasies of persons practicing LGBTQI.”
Story filed by Edzorna Francis Mensah
