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The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has urged the government, led by John Dramani Mahama, to expedite the reintroduction of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, widely known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, to ensure its prompt passage into law.
During a meeting with the Bishops on Tuesday, January 14, President Mahama suggested that a government-sponsored version of the bill would be more effective than the current Private Member’s Bill. According to him, such an approach would facilitate broader consultations and foster national consensus. He further stressed the need to revise school curricula to incorporate moral and cultural teachings, aimed at instilling Ghanaian and African values in children.
Most Reverend Matthew Gyamfi, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, reiterated the urgency of enacting the legislation.
“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,” he stated.
He dismissed the notion that teaching such values in schools should preclude their codification into law. “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 added.
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