Apostle Eric Nyamekye, the President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), has called on Parliament to work through consensus to ensure that the anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) bill is unanimously passed without further delay.
“As a council we stand with the entire membership of the Coalition for the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, the private promoter of the bill in parliament and all others who in diverse ways are lending their support for the passage of this all-important bill,” he said.
Apostle Nyamekye, who is also the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday.
He said the GPCC had observed with keen interest recent happenings and deliberations in Parliament towards the passage of the Bill.
Having earlier in 2021 played key roles as a member of the Coalition for the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values in support of the Bill, the Council found it important to reiterate its earlier position, he said.
‘To the best of the knowledge of the council, the bill articulates and reflects the sexual and family values of the entirety of the Ghanaian society’, Apostle Nyamekye said.
He indicated that the Council’s support was in line with the rational to uphold “our collective sexual and family values system and to protect our communities and population from being pillaged by unacceptable influences from a small section of people, which will disrupt our time-proven family and social system.”
“The GPCC is committed to the protection of the rights of every Ghanaian and would ensure that they are protected from intimidation, discrimination and violence.”
GNA