Lawmakers in Ghana are presenting legislation to criminalise the promotion of LGBTQ+ rights in the country.
Seven Ghanian MPs, including Samuel Nartey George, have presented a bill to ban LGBTQ+ advocacy in Ghana, according to Openly.
George, who is a member of the National Democratic Congress, took to social media justifying the need to ‘fight’ against LGBTQ+ rights and to uphold “traditions, culture and religious beliefs”.
The parliamentarian wrote: “We have taken a stance and announced our intention to present a Private Members Bill to expressly criminalise and ban the advocacy and act of homosexuality in all its current and future forms.
“The proposed Bill would strengthen and augment existing legislation on the subject. We owe it to ourselves and the people of Ghana to uphold that which gives us our identity as a people.
“It is our hope that before the end of this Session of Parliament, we would have passed the legislation through Parliament awaiting Presdential assent. May we unite in this fight against the scourge and perversion that homosexuality presents.”
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