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LGBTQI+ Law Must Consider Culture, Interest Of Humanity – Akufo-Addo

M.Cby M.C
February 15, 2023
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LGBTQI+ Law Must Consider Culture, Interest Of Humanity – Akufo-Addo

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President Of The Republic Of Ghana

President Akufo-Addo has expressed the hope that the Human Sexuality and Identity Bill before Parliament will take into consideration the culture and the societal attitude of the people, as well as the humanity of the people involved.

“The consequences, hopefully, will be those that will recognize the culture and the societal attitude of the people and at the same time recognize the humanity of all people involved. Hopefully, the law that will be fashioned will enable this balance to be carefully struck,” he added.

President Akufo-Addo said this when the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Portal Welby, and the leadership of the global Anglican Communion paid a courtesy call on him at the Jubilee House in Accra.

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The Most Rev. Welby, who is the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church and attending the 18th Consultative Council Meeting of 165 countries, said one of the issues that the meeting had been discussing was human sexuality and identity.

He said it was a difficult issue because there were no clear views on it around the world, and that it was an area in which many countries tried to enforce their views on others, adding: “But when we talk of human sexuality, we are dealing with people.”

President Akufo-Addo explained that the issue of human sexuality and identity was also a hot and widely discussed issue here in the country, to the extent that it had even produced a Private Member’s Bill, the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, which Parliament was grappling with.

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The proposed legislation, which aims to provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values, seeks to restrict LGBTQ+ communities and any activities related to them.

The new bill seeks to further criminalize the promotion and funding of LGBTQ+ activities, as well as the public display of affection, cross-dressing and more while campaigning for LGBTQ+ persons on social media or online platforms is also prohibited under the bill.

It further seeks to provide for the protection of and support for children, persons who are victims or accused of LGBTTQQIAAP+ and related activities and other persons and related matters, while people advocating the rights of such sexual minorities will also be penalized.

The President added that the issues of slavery and human trafficking were worrying because people were trafficked under the guise of securing lucrative jobs, only for them to land in disastrous circumstances in the Middle East and other areas.

He said the country was dealing with the influx of large numbers of refugees due to the troubles in the Sahel region, particularly in Burkina Faso, and called for all to ensure stability and good governance in the region to halt the influx.

President Akufo-Addo indicated that the alarming projection that by 2050 there would be 1.2 billion refugees around the world required efforts by all to address the problem.

I Cannot Tell You What To Do

The Archbishop of Canterbury presented the President, who is also an Anglican, with a tabletop golden Crucifix.

The Most Rev. Welby said he was surprised during a briefing at the meeting of the Anglican Network that a long list of Ghanaian doctors continued to play a critical role around the world concerning primary health care, vaccination against smallpox through the World Health Organisation (WHO) and COVID-19 vaccination.

“I was struck by the number of Ghanaian doctors involved in that. It may reflect the expression of a former Foreign Secretary of the UK that ‘Ghana punches above its weight’. It is a big country, but not as big as some, but has played a prominent role around health.”

Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Portal Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev. Justin Portal Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Portal Welby

The Most Rev. Welby said the world was also witnessing huge destruction of the traditional patterns of family through hunger and issues of refugees which were increasing through wars, climate crisis and terrorism and commended Ghana’s significant role in combating modern slavery and human trafficking.

He said what the Anglican Communion believed in was that when human sexuality issues were raised, it was about dealing with human beings and those were people Christ died for, like all human beings.

“Therefore, we seek to find a way forward in which every human being, regardless of any other factors, may know that he or she is loved by Jesus Christ and has an opportunity to find the salvation which comes from Christ.”

Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Portal Welby

The Most Rev. Welby said that was the position of the Anglican Church and many other churches.

“There are many views among the communion and every international church is struggling with it. I know it is a very hot topic in Ghana and I will go nowhere near telling you what to do.”

Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Portal Welby

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