French Minister for International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, has admonished African countries to respect the rights of LGBTQ people.
The Minister, who was speaking in Accra, averred that protecting LGBTQ rights was a core value and that she would continue to advocate for their rights wherever she goes in Africa.
She stated that LGBT people’s rights are respected in her country and that they have a Minister in charge of LGBTQ activities.
The French Minister emphasised that the LBGT issue is a human rights issue, and she will continue to emphasise this point wherever she goes.
“In my country and in the European Union, we promote human rights and of course in my ministry, we have an ambassador to promote LGBT rights; so what I can say is that this is our values and wherever I go in Africa, I will continue to say that we have to respect all of us, the LGBTQ community – this is a question of human rights and I always say that,” she said.
Meanwhile, a Catholic Bishop has asked President Akugo-Addo to be bold and tell foreign countries imposing LGBT issues on us that it is unacceptable and unlawful in Ghana.
He referenced the 2017 Aljazeera interview in which President Akufo-Addo in response to a question stated that there was no “sufficiently strong coalition” to cause a change in Ghana’s laws regarding LGBTQI issues.
In an open letter to the president, the man of God noted that Mr. Akufo-Addo should have told the journalist that “homosexuality indeed remains a criminal offence in Ghana, making reference to Section 104 of the Ghanaian Criminal Code of 1960 which criminalises consensual same-sex sexual acts between persons of the same gender.”
Most. Rev. Osei-Bonsu asked the president to be bold and tell those advocating for such activities that “the rights of homosexuals as persons do not include the right of a man to marry a man or of a woman to marry a woman. We need to stress that LGBTQ+ activities are not part of what is described as fundamental human rights and cannot be included in the list of human rights.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
