{"id":378042,"date":"2017-11-27T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378042"},"modified":"2017-11-28T06:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T06:16:21","slug":"ghanas-culture-cannot-support-homosexuality-christian-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/ghanas-culture-cannot-support-homosexuality-christian-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s culture cannot support homosexuality \u2013 Christian Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Christian Council of Ghana has reiterated that Ghana\u2019s culture and family life system cannot support\u00a0 the legalization of homosexuality in any form or shape.<\/p>\n
According to the Council, homosexuality is a threat to Africa\u2019s social protection hence their opposition to any such move.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”sUZ6f383K3lbx98ub1HXQL6N3UXjpN0E”]The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Dr. Kwabena Opuni told Citi News<\/strong> that the country\u2019s leaders must demonstrate that they are resolute in ensuring that homosexuality is not legalized in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cHomosexuality is not only a human right issue. It is also a human existence and survival issue. It threatens Africa\u2019s social protection which is embedded in family and children. Elsewhere in Europe, marriage is between two young people who think they love each other. They can get married before they even introduce themselves to their parents. Our part of the world you need two families to come together for marriage to become possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While commending former President John Evans Atta Mills for his strong stance against the practice, Dr. Opuni said, \u201cthat is our cultural identity and uniqueness, and we want Akufo-Addo to state that he cannot and will not accept homosexuality no matter the pressure. We would want our leaders to come strong and clean that no matter the pressure, we would want to protect our cultural identity and uniqueness so that we don\u2019t give any impression that if we are under pressure we will change.\u201d<\/p>\n