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Catholic Bishops: Jail sentences won’t stop gay activities

by The Sikaman Times
March 1, 2024
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Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has emphasised that incarcerating individuals based on their sexual orientation will not eradicate homosexuality.

Instead, he expressed concern that such measures could potentially exacerbate such activities.

On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, Parliament passed the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ Bill. This legislation criminalises LGBTQ activities, encompassing their promotion, advocacy, and funding.

Individuals found guilty could face a jail term ranging from six months to three years, while promoters and sponsors of these activities could face a three-to-five-year jail term.

 

Although Rev. Gyamfi reiterated the church’s support for the passage of the bill, he told Umaru Sanda Amadu in an Eyewitness News interview on Citi FM on Thursday, February 29, that there was a need for a review of the sanctions.

He emphasised the need for more reformative and corrective sanctions.

“We think that in the case of this particular law and the way it is being implemented, being placed in prison as the punishment that they have chosen is not going to solve the problem. Because you see, if you round up same-sex people and you know our prisons, they are going to end up in the same room, and what is going to prevent them from going through these activities in the prison?

“And you are not going to put them there forever because they are going to be there for three to six months. And then they practice this and come out as more experts at it than when you sent them there. Then you release them back into society. So, what is going to happen?

 

“That is why we were concerned about a punishment that would correct them and reform them. So if the government is going this way or if the parliament is going this way, that is why we are suggesting that in the prison there, they should add more of the corrective and reformative measures,” he stated.

 

Source: CitiNewsRoom

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