The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has rejected the recently passed Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ Bill.
According to the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, the previously passed anti-LGBTQ Bill is far better suited to address the moral and cultural imperatives at stake.
They argued that the anti-bill recently passed by the House is not what the majority of Christians and Ghanaians expected.
The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, however, commended parliament for the speed and prioritisation demonstrated in passing the recent Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, but noted that the passed bill falls short of the expectations of the Christian community.
In a statement, the GPCC stated, “ The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council commends Parliament for the speed and prioritisation demonstrated in passing the recent Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, it is our humble but firm position that the legislation, in its present state, falls short of the expectations of the Christian community and the overwhelming majority of Ghanaians, and may not be sufficiently robust to protect time-tested family values, our cultural heritage, and the moral fabric of our society.
“The Council respectfully draws attention to the earlier bill passed by the previous Parliament, which was more comprehensive and far better suited to address the moral and cultural imperatives at stake,” a statement by the GPCC is quoted.
“Whatever scrutiny this process may attract domestically or internationally, we stand firmly committed to upholding the values, sovereignty, and moral well-being of our beloved nation,” the Council added.
In related news, Sam George, a co-sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, has said they will keep pushing until President John Mahama assents to the bill into law.
Speaking at the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Values and Sovereignty, Sam George assured participants of his commitment to ensuring that the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill is transmitted to President Mahama for assent.
Sam George stated, “In 2024, we passed the Family Values Bill. It wasn’t assented to. We brought it back again. We passed it last Friday, and we’ll keep pushing until the President assents to it”.
He further urged African countries to take a more active role in developing laws that reflect their values and societal priorities rather than relying on frameworks shaped by foreign technology companies.
Meanwhile, Rev Ntim Fordjour, a Lead Sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Parliament, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ Bill, has cast doubt on the new bill passed.
The Lead Sponsor of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill argued that the newly passed anti-gay bill seeks to promote LGBTQ+ instead of stopping it.
Rev. Ntim Fordjour stated, “Clearly, if this government did not want to pass the bill, they should have stayed away from it. What we have is not any biting law; it is just for politics and optics”.
“If they have exempted those who are legally involved and others connected to it, then who are they targeting? So long as Section 9 is concerned, which could deal with homosexuality promotion, the bill becomes counterproductive,” he argued.
Also, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority caucus in parliament has fiercely resisted the changes following the passage of they described as a ‘watered-down’ Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Parliament, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ Bill.
According to the NPP minority, the anti-LGBTQ Bill has been weakened through extensive amendments before its passage by Parliament last week.
The minority cited that the passed bill had 22 original provisions that had to be deleted, redrafted, and 31 insertions made before President Mahama would sign it.
Speaking at a media briefing in Parliament, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, the member of Parliament for Assin South, questioned why the NDC, which previously urged former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assent to the bill, has now significantly altered it under President Mahama.
Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, addressing the press conference on Monday, June 1, stated, “22 original provisions of the bill had to be deleted, redrafted and 31 insertions made before President Mahama would have it, desire it, and sign it. Was that the promise? Was the promise to come and dilute the bill before he signs?
“President Mahama promised that he would sign the 2024 Bill. He didn’t promise to sign an amended, deleted, mutilated, and surgically bastardised Bill. He didn’t promise he would sign another version of that, and that is the reason why, even when he promised he was bringing his own version of the bill, til date he has not brought it.
Because he is perhaps waiting for the 2024 bill. So what is so difficult in parliament giving that old one to him?
“You all remember, the promise was clear: ‘Vote for me, and I will come and sign it, vote NPP out because they won’t sign it. NDC will come and sign it’. They did not say NDC will come and amend it. That is a scam, and that is a breach of trust. That is hypocrisy, and that is deception,” he said.
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