Ghana's Bishops Advocate Mandatory Conversion Therapy For Homosexuals
At the end of February, Ghanaian lawmakers unanimously passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Act, which makes advertisement for homosexuality illegal and punishable by up to five years in prison. Homosexual acts are already illegal.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has yet to sign the bill into law, under pressure from decadent Western regimes. He said he would wait for a ruling from the Supreme Court before signing the bill. A citizen challenged the constitutionality of the bill.
Ghana's bishops have backed the bill. On Palm Sunday, Bishop Alfred Agyenta of Navrongo-Bolgatanga encouraged President Akufo-Addo to sign the bill into law because it represents the will of the Ghanaian people.
He reminded the President that "it was fear that forced Pilate to give in to the demands of the high priests and those who wanted Jesus Christ crucified" and urged the President not to give in to "those voices that are probably persuading him not to assent to the bill".
Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi of Sunyani, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana, also encouraged the President to sign the bill, saying the bishops were 'surprised' by the delay because they 'could not find any basis' for the President not to sign it.
He recommended the use of clinical psychologists to treat people with homosexual temptations in a similar way to people with drug addictions.
Picture: Alfred Agyenta, Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, #newsKccjuqlfsn
