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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has urged Parliament to reject pressure from local and international organisations to decriminalise homosexuality in the country.

The Chairperson of the Brong Ahafo Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Ofosu-Addo, has cautioned Ghanaian leaders not to allow pressures from the Western world to push them to legalise homosexuality.

President Akufo-Addo has stated that the legalisation of same-sex marriage will never happen in his time as President.

Australia became the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage on Thursday, prompting cheers and singing from a packed parliament public gallery in a country where some states ruled homosexual acts to be illegal until just 20 years ago.

The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, GCBC, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to close down the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and Queer Intersex Rights (LGBTQI) office which was opened in Ghana in late January 2021.

A Kenyan court on Friday overturned a ban on Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki” – though for seven days only – allowing the film about a lesbian romance to be considered for the Academy Awards.

Written By Prof. Paul Frimpong-Manso - Homosexuality, otherwise known as same sex union, is not only an affront to human dignity, but a practice abhorred by the Church, other religious bodies, as well as the traditional and customary values of the Ghanaian society. President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s response to an Aljazeera TV interview recently; that although homosexuality is not an issue on his government’s agenda, it is “bound to happen” has sparked simmering controversy in certain circles. The President made reference to England where homosexuality was not an issue until a coalition of pressure groups pushed for its laws to be changed to favor same sex marriages.

Written by Michael Thompson - "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." (Leviticus 18:22)

Today, we'll gallop across the fields where angels fear to tread. I always say I have an instinct for detecting certain behavioral patterns, so if I know you and you're gay- male or female, young or old - just know I know, and I love you as a friend, just as God loves everyone equally.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says homosexuality is illegal in Ghana because there are not enough activists pushing for its legalization.

I know someone won’t read beyond this heading yet would come throwing tantrums. Well. That’s their headache. Obviously, we love who we choose and we choose who we love. I am not an LGBT (Lesbians Gays Bisexual Transgender) crusader. I have no idea what it takes to be one. But am I gay? Errrm… And do I love gays? Of course yes I do!

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye, has said that he would rather resign than preside over any debate on the floor of Parliament in relation to same-sex relationships.

The Minister designate for Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has proposed a legislation against the advocacy of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activities.

Immediate past Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Ben Abdallah Banda has appealed to the 8th Parliament to as a matter of urgency, revise the Unnatural Canal Knowledge Act to ban and criminalize Lesbian, Gay, Bisexuals, Transgender and Queer Individuals (LGBTQI) in Ghana.

Written By Dr. Akwasi Osei - I was elated when I saw on television on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, members of Parliament unanimously and in the strongest terms, expressing their disgust over calls for the legalisation of homosexuality. Congratulations on saying no to gayism. You have lived up to your honorific designation. I salute you.

 The Federation of Muslim Councils (FMC) says it is in no doubt, that homosexuality and same sex marriage remains an abominable subject (Haram).

Written By Anuga Fortunate - To begin with, the purpose of this write-up is to put into proper and clearer perspective the responses of our President to questions on homosexuality that were posed to him in his interview with Jane Dutton of Aljazeera, and its far reaching implications on the Culture, Traditions, conscience, and the general well-being of Ghanaians.

Written By Dr. John Boakye - We know that human beings were created male and female.

The raging controversy on homosexuality, ignited by the President's ambivalent interview has removed the scales from my eyes and I'm beginning to have my Damascus experience, I think. I would therefore take a mental flight to my JSS social studies where we were taught the BOND OF 1844. Provisions of the BOND are very revealing. A veritable reenactment of the movie "Back to Bataan."

Written By Raymond Tuvi - All through its print and electronic media, Ghana has been abuzz with impassioned and well-reasoned discussions touching on whether to permit the promotion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and other related practices in the country or not. The prevailing viewpoint of leading religious, political and traditional authorities, some civil society organisations and the generality of those heard from, is that such sexual orientations or practices are alien to Ghanaian cultural norms and values. They also offend the commandments of God, be they expressed through Christian, Muslim or Traditional codes of conduct Ghanaians adhere to.

Written By Benjamin Akyena Brantuo - Should homosexuality be legalized by government (as they claim it is bound to happen), handsome and scantily dressed men could be raped just as has been the reason why girls and women continue to be raped from time immemorial. That indeed, is my personal fear, knowing that God gifted me with a beautiful personality.

 The United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson is hopeful that homosexuality will be legalised in Ghana within the next decade.

Written By Dr. Prince Abbey - There are clear indications that the debate on homosexuality in Ghana is not going away quietly as some of us would have hoped. An article by one, Andrew Solomon, threw different perspectives on the controversial issue, no wonder it dominated media discussions in Ghana back in 2013.