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We’ll campaign & vote against any government that legalises LGBTQI+ – Church of Pentecost

Church of Pentecost, a major Christian denomination with reportedly the highest church population in Ghana and a presence in more than 105 countries has vowed to campaign and vote against any government that attempts to legalize LGBTQI+.
We’ll campaign & vote against any government that legalises LGBTQI+ – Church of Pentecost warns
We’ll campaign & vote against any government that legalises LGBTQI+ – Church of Pentecost warns

Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye made the declaration after presenting a memo to the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of parliament in support of the LGBTQI+ which has dominated media discussions in the past few days.

He called for immediate steps to safeguard the future of the country.

"We are going to cause people to hit the streets and we'll warn any government that if you vote against this bill, we will vote against you. There is no room for neutrality. Anyone who wants to destroy this nation we will not allow you to rule us," Apostle Eric Nyamekye warned.

The controversy around LGBTQI+ has heated up following over 100 memoranda from across the world to the legislature, some of which have raised vehement objections to the passage of the promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021.

The private member’s bill currently before Parliament and sponsored by some eight MPs seeks to criminalise and impose jail terms on lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and queers (LGBTQ+) and people who promote such activities in the country.

But a group made up of academics, lawyers, researchers, civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights activists has kicked against it. They describe the bill as a flagrant violation of the 1992 Constitution, as it seeks to curtail freedom of expression and the media, the right to assemble and the right to join any association of one’s choice.

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