Muntaka Mubarak, a member of parliament from Asawase, has called homosexuality a crazy and disgusting act.

It even gets annoying, according to Muntaka Mubarak, when homosexuals try to claim other people’s children as their own. He further stated that it is distressing to see two homosexuals wanting to adopt children rather than keeping to the natural act of giving birth through sexual contact with someone of the opposing sex.

“Who should go and give birth for you to come and adopt? Look at this madness. If having children is good, why are you into that nasty act?”
Muntaka Mubarak

On his part, Dan Botwe, a representative in Parliament for Okere, also stated that in addition to the presentation of the legislation, that there will need to be measures taken to combat the spread of homosexuality. In addition to passing the bill, he remarked that the country needs to practice internal vigilance.

Mr. Dan Botwe further stated that there may come a time when many young people may import products that have the symbols and colors of homosexuals printed on such items. To that end, he stated that aside from the bill’s approval, vigilance is needed on the part of all parties involved to stop the spread of homosexuality.

Nevertheless, the report’s sources state that the bill’s opponents believe that LGBTQ+ activities form part of what the Constitution contemplates under Article 33 (5) about recognition of constitutional rights and freedoms that are thought to be inherent in a democracy and which is intended to secure the rights, freedoms, and dignity of the people.

Foreign Culture Not Superior To Ghanaian Culture

As stated by the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu (Joewise), Ghanaians should not concede that other nations’ cultures are superior than Ghana’s.

He suggested that Ghana cannot just accept to copy what other nations are doing. The member of parliament from Bekwai stated, “We should never accept that other cultures are superior to ours such that they must insist and demand that we copy the things they do, even if it is inconsistent with the way we live our lives and how we want our country to be run.”

However, following intense arguments between Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, an Ablekuma West Member of Parliament (MP), and Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, a Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP) on the LGBTQ bill, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, the government’s spokesperson on governance and security, has also asked for restraint on all sides of Parliament.

The two lawmakers argued during the discussion of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, also known as the Anti-gay Bill. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, who is also the Minister of Communications and Digitalization, referred to the former Deputy Trade Minister as a “mad man” after being called a practitioner of LGBTQ by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP.

All of the Minority MPs, according to Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, have lost their reasoning in order to claim not to have heard what their colleague had harshly criticized her for.

However in response to this, the sit-in Speaker, Andrews Amoako Asiamah, gave the order for the incident to be recorded and asked the Tamale Central MP to retract his remarks.

On Thursday, July 6, Mr. Boakye-Danquah, who is running for office in the Abuakwa North Constituency as a representative for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), issued an appeal for composure. “Let’s parlay respectfully,” he wrote on Facebook.