HOMOSEXUALITY IN GHANA; THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY
Ghana
is in a transition! It is now the age of perverts! The perverted country,
Ghana! In Ghana today, it is now the debate on homosexuality! People have now
become so embolden that they are lobbying for the recognition of gay rights in
Ghana, Africa! Homosexuality in Ghana! Time does indeed change! That is the
price we have to pay for democracy and acculturation!
Ghanaians
are now advocating for the acknowledgement of gay rights! The new Ghana! This
is an issue that requires that we do away with any form of double standards! If
indeed we have values or principles as a nation, and as a people, homosexuality
should not be entertained or encouraged! No form of homosexuality should be
encouraged in this country! This is an issue that goes against our very
existence and substance as humans! I have said this before, and would again;
animals are setting better examples! Human are supposed to be at the top of the
hierarchy of the animal kingdom but rather sadly, we keep sinking to the bottom
each day! What is the difference between humans and animals? It is our ability
to exercise a bit of self-control, and our ability to dissent good from bad,
right from wrong! Are there homosexual animals apart from humans? The lesser
animals are better than us all! Homosexuality is an animalistic behaviour!
There
have been diverse reactions to this issue of gay rights. This is because
globally, several countries are endorsing the recognition of gay rights! Our
late president declared his position on this issue several months before his
death. As a country, our customs or traditions see this as a taboo! The modern
Ghanaian however, is in the phase of acculturation, and so, homosexuality! We
have been preaching about democracy and human rights to the extent that
homosexuals in this country are being empowered!
The
time has come that as a country; clarity is given on this issue of
homosexuality! This issue has been debated for far too long! It does not need
to be given further discussions! What does the law of Ghana have to say? If
there is none, then we seriously need to enact one! Our laws must speak! Our
laws should be emphatic! We keep talking about it, the lip service as usual!
More needs to be done! Our law should be binding! No gay rights! No
homosexuality! If there are no laws binding, then on what grounds do we fight
this social evil?
Each
day, more homosexuals troupe into this country. These are the problems
confronting many developing nations! As long as we encourage tourism and
investment in this country, our doors will forever be open to homosexual
tourists, migrants, immigrants and business men and women! Our government goes
out soliciting for loans, aid or other forms of funding from these very people!
For these reasons, they look on unconcerned! It is as if the problem does not
exist! Is it then surprising that there has been an influx, and now, advocacy?
Absolutely not! This country keeps borrowing from foreign donors! Who are these
donors? What is their interest? What are the terms and conditions for these
loans? Homosexuality perhaps? If we love their money, then we might as well gladly
go to bed with them!
The
real problem is how to fight this cancer! I am personally of the opinion that
our rich older men and women in our society are the main perpetrators! Our
youth are being enticed with money, jobs and greener pastures! In our major
cities, this is a very serious issue confronting our youth! That is the sad
reality! Sexual corruption, in the form of homosexuality! For the struggling
youth, that is the only way out! As a country, we need to find a more stringent
approach to tackling this development issue! For a fact, a lot of our
influential people in society are the masterminds! They have been in the closet
for practically, their entire existence, and are now finding ways to legitimize
this orgy, as advocates! Such people ought to be decried! Homosexuality is a
bane! Homosexuality goes contrary to the purpose of man’s existence and so,
must neither be condoned nor connived! In as much as we strive for the
recognition of the rights of all, there are limitations! However liberal we
might want to be seen, homosexuality is a matter of values and principles! As
humans, and as a country or continent, Ghana has her values which must
supersede all other things! Our values as a nation, and as a continent, do not acknowledge
homosexuality, and all other forms of sexual malfunctions! It is only a matter
of time that people would be advocating for that of humans and animals!
I
live in fear of the future! What does the future hold for this nation? What
does the future hold for our younger ones? For a fact, Africa as a continent is
boldly against any form of homosexuality. Our traditions and values as a
continent set us apart; it is binding! These are the elements of our culture
that we all need to strive to uphold! We can tolerate acculturation in several
forms, but certainly, not homosexuality! Yes, homosexuals might enjoy their
fundamental rights as humans, but their sexual desires in totality, goes
contrary to any acceptable and comprehensible human behaviour! They should for
the sake of decency, stay behind the closet! At least, animals are sticking to
the original plan for which they were created! If anyone thinks differently, I
stand to be corrected!
Anna I would have agreed with everything you said if you replace the word homosexuality with the word peodophilia in this write up. Peodophiles are perverts and whether they are homosexuals or heterosexuals they are horrible and should not be entertained. However, when one talks about gay rights it doesn't mean endorsing homosexuality. Let me give you a scenario and tell me whether you agree with it or not. A man was quarelling with another person and he called him a homosexual. The next day a group of young men gathered in front of the man labelled as a homosexual and started lynching him throwing petrol bombs into his room. Would you say that man deserves no rights or protection because he has been labelled a homosexual? Or even if he was a homosexual do you agree with him being lynched? If you don't agree then what you are invariable saying is that this man deserves protection and that it is his right. Advocating homosexual rights does not mean you are promoting gay marriage. Promoting gay marriage is the extreme form of gay rights but that was not what Nana Oye Lithur, for example, was advocating. So we need to put things in the right perspective and stop the homophobia in Ghana. I know you are probably buying into this homophobia agenda in in Ghana without realising it. I do not want Ghana to become like Sodom and Gomora in the bible but I don't support the lynching of homosexuals. If a homosexual is found enticing young boys to defile them the law must be made to take its cause and that their human rights should not be violated just because they are suspected of making advances to young boys. I hope you understand my argument.
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