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Catholic Bishops Want to get the Gays in Prison

  • nathan334
  • Jun 28
  • 2 min read

By Melanie Nathan, June 28m, 2025


This illustrates how the Church is complicit in the anti-LGBT law in Ghana. The law is extremely onerous and serves to license untold persecution and violence, whether legislated or not, whether enforced or not, causing Ghanians to flee their country. By calling for this law the Catholic Church in Ghana is asking that people be jailed for being LGBTI, for asserting their rights, and prevents the providing of services to LGBT people. This particular law goes way beyond sodomy and calls for punitive measures based merely on identity and advocacy. Under the law - even waving a rainbow flag can land someone with a stiff prison sentence. Surely this is way beyond the ambit of even the most strict biblical interpretation. Perhaps it can be said that these Bishops are actively seeking the erasure of humans from BEING.


COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF GHANA (CCG) AND THE GHANA CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE (GCBC) ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025


COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF GHANA (CCG) AND THE GHANA CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE (GCBC) ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025

GREETINGS


Dearly beloved citizens of goodwill residing in Ghana, we extend to you greetings from the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.


PREAMBLE

We, the leaders of the Christian Council of Ghana and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, held our annual Joint Meeting at the St. James Catholic Church, Osu-Accra, on Thursday May 22, 2025. We used the opportunity to hold an Ecumenical Service to pray for Christian unity and the wellbeing of the nation. In our joint meeting, we discussed matters of both Church and National interests. We deem it appropriate as Christian Leaders to speak to and bring the following issues to the attention of the Government, our Christian Communities and the people of Ghana.


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HUMAN SEXUAL RIGHTS AND FAMILY VALUES BILL

We have been informed that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, which was not assented to after it was passed by the previous parliament, has been resubmitted to the Current Parliament as a Private Members Bill in February. Despite the submission, we kindly affirm our support for the Bill to be government-sponsored through the Office of the Attorney General. This is to avoid the legal challenges that the previous bill suffered. We expect that this bill will be treated under the Certificate of Urgency since all the work on it has already been done by the previous parliament.


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CONCLUSION

The Christian Council of Ghana and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference wish to assure all Ghanaians that we will continue our public education, Christian advocacy and prayers for peace, harmony, and justice in Ghana. In so doing we will continue to be non-partisan and be guided by the principles of the Holy Bible. We wish all Ghanaians well in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ






 

 
 
 

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