The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has called on President Mahama to ensure the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBT/Gay bill, to become law.
The bill, passed by Parliament in February 2024, was not assented to by the President because a citizen injuncted the Speaker from forwarding it to the President and also restrained the President from receiving the bill.
However, the case was thrown out in December last year. In a meeting with the Bishops Tuesday, January 14, 2025, President Mahama asserted that the bill requires a broader consultation and national consensus and be made government-sponsored to be more effective than its current state as a Private Member’s bill.
Mahama also highlighted on the need to rather to include the country’s family values in the educational curriculum to be taught in the schools for the children to imbibe, rather than making a legislation for it.
But according to the Catholic Bishops, the values can still be taught even after the legislation.
Most Reverend Matthew Gyamfi, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference said most Ghanaians are in for the law and should not be shirked with any excuses.
“What we want is that it is made into a law. That does not mean that it cannot be taught in the schools if it is made into a law. Many of our laws are taught in schools through civic education and other things.
“So the fact that it should be taught does not rule out the fact that it should be made into a law. Ghanaians are overwhelmingly in favour of it so we don’t want the use of any technical words to demean what Ghanaians want,” he stated.
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