Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has stated the Promotion of Proper Sexual Rights and Ghana Family Values 2021 will endure for the next 500 years and more when passed by Parliament.
Ghana, he said, is not ready to accept LGBTQ+ in the next 100 or 500 years.
He averred that the 8th Parliament will be recorded in the annals of Ghana’s history even in centuries to come that its members stood firmly to protect the sanctity and dignity of the nation.
will go into history and be remembered by future generations for how it stood by the Ghanaian people and legislated law and halted an unnecessary evil.
Rev. Ntim Fordjour made the statement on Wednesday, July 6 during a debate on the Promotion of Proper Sexual Rights and Ghana Family Values 2021.
The statement appears to be a veiled response to Minister for Communications Ursula Owusu who, during her contribution to the debate, indicated that the Ghanaian society may be opposed to LGBTQ+ activities today but this could change in the next 100 or 200 years and make the law obsolete.
The Bill, which has been nicknamed variously as an anti-gay bill or anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, was read a second time on the floor of Parliament and the report of the Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee was adopted.
Rev. Ntim Fordjour argued the bill is fully supported by all religions practised in the country and also supported by all political parties and will be sustained for the seeable eternity.
He said, “It is supported by our Speaker and all the 275 embers of parliament here and we strongly believe is nonpartisan. It is an agreement we have reached and is one that leaves no room for propaganda whatsoever. Because this is an important matter for this country.”
“This is an important matter for this country, not only today, not only in the next 100 years but even in the next 200 and 500 years,” he added.