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THE National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values on Monday kicked against the opening of an office by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and queer Intersex Rights (LGBTQI) movement in the country, local media reported in Accra.
It considered the alleged existence of the office as illegal and an affront to the laws, traditions and customs of the country, the state-run Ghana News Agency reported.
Moses Foh-Amoaning, Executive Secretary of the Coalition, at a press conference, said the act was a “disrespect to Ghanaians and undermined the sovereignty of the State”.
He said Ghana had not signed any international laws permitting the promotion of the LGBTQI in the country and, therefore, “any attempt by anybody to promote the activities of the group amounted to illegality”.
Mr. Foh-Amoaning, a top Ghanaian lawyer, noted that on the contrary, “international laws such as the Economic, Cultural, Social and Political Rights of the United Nations treaty, which the country had ratified, protected the sovereignty of Ghana to defend its cultural values”.
He, therefore, accused the international community in Ghana of promoting an act which, he said, was alien to the customs and traditions of Ghanaians and infringed on the sovereignty of the state.
He also called on the Inspector-General of Police and other security agencies to swiftly move in to close down the said office and arrest and prosecute persons found to have breached the laws of the state.
He also appealed to parliament to quickly move and pass comprehensive legislation to deal effectively with the issue.
“We call on all state agencies including Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Ghana AIDS Commission, the police, politicians and the media to take all steps to protect our nation from the negative impact of this LGBTQI,” he said.
Most Reverend Philip K. Naameh, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference, described the LGBTQI agenda as a “complete disorder of the fundamental law of God in creating man and woman.”
“The LGBTQI is a clear departure from God’s purpose of creation because the woman was not created to be an object of pleasure for man,” he said, adding that the Catholic church would only continue to recognise marriages between a man and a woman to ensure that God’s purpose of creation materialized.
The Reverend Godwin Amuzu, a representative from the Christian Council of Ghana, urged Ghanaians to remain resolute in maintaining the culture and sanctity of the state as believers in God.
The Reverend Johnny Apeakorang, who represented the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches, said the association would continue to render its support to the Coalition to ensure that its goal was achieved.
The Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, formed in 2013, is an amalgamation of Christian and para-Christian bodies, Muslims, non-religious entities, traditional rulers and opinion leaders in Ghana.
It aims at “ensuring the preservation of indigenous African traditional and cultural sexual rights and family values”. (PANA/NAN)
-Feb, 16, 2021 15:07 PM
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