Members of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values is embarking on a three-day fasting and prayer against homosexuality in Ghana starting June 28.
The coalition, led by law lecturer Moses Foh-Amoaning, is made up of Christians, Muslims and Traditionalists, strongly opposed to the practice and legalization of Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights in the country.
Speaking on the Morning Starr Monday, Mr. Foh-Amoaning said after the session, a comprehensive solution-based legislation will be drafted to deal with the phenomenon.
“And if we really want to protect our barriers in respect of this spiritual onslaught from these evil ones, then we need to go on our knees and pray,” he told Morning Starr host Francis Abban.
The three-day fasting and prayer session, he said, is part of the whole process of “galvanizing our spiritual weapon” to fight any attempt to legalize homosexuality in the Ghana.
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May earlier this year told President Akufo-Addo and other African leaders attending the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in London that it was wrong for homosexuals to be persecuted for their sexual orientation.
She said her country was therefore ready to help African countries to reform their laws to accommodate the interest of homosexuals.
“Nobody should face discrimination and persecution because of who they are or who they love. The UK stands ready to support any Commonwealth nation wanting to reform outdated legislation that makes such discrimination possible,” she said
Her call came on the back of a similar one by the Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Tove Degnbol who called on Ghanaians to respect the rights of gays and lesbians.
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, who was described as “delusional” by the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Prof. Philip Alston warned that he will resign if he is ever presented with a bill that would legalise homosexuality in the country.
The Speaker has on several occasions stated that Ghana will never legalise homosexuality as long as he remains Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament.
In an interview with Paul Adom Otchere for Good Evening Ghana, Prof. Oquaye stated “If anybody should bring such a thing to parliament and I have to preside over that I will rather resign than subscribe to this delusion.”
Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM
