National Chief Imam reacts to the passage of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill
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The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has commended Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin and MPs who contributed to the successful passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.
Notes with gratitude and joy, the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill by Ghana’s Parliament. The GPCC wishes to congratulate the private sponsors of the Bill together with the Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, and all others who in diverse ways contributed to this achievement, a statement signed by Apostle Immanuel N. O. Tettey, the General Secretary of the GPCC indicated.
“As a Faith-Based organization (FBO), the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) joins other similar and like-minded religious bodies to thank everyone for their diverse contributions towards the passage of the Bill,” the statement concluded.
Meanwhile, the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has expressed his excitement over the passage of the bill.
Spokesperson for the Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on March 2, said: “I can say without any equivocation that the Chief Imam was relatively joyful about the passing of this bill because he has fully been briefed about what we are going through with respect to the evolvement of this LGBTQ+ phenomenon in our country and the attempt to really universalize it and make it something normal and something acceptable. And as somebody who is the leader of Muslims in this country, he could not actually give any support to such matter to be allowed”
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He further pointed out that “For us, it is a moral issue, it is something that also goes to the very heart of the protection of the family which in the Muslim understanding of things is the property of God. It is the smallest unit of society into which every single human being is born”.
On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, the bill criminalizing and banning LGBTQ+ activities was finally passed after almost three years of deliberation
The bill imposes a prison sentence of up to three years on anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+. It also imposes a maximum five-year jail term for advocacy or funding by LGBTQ+ groups.
