At long last a watered-down LGBTQI+ Bill has been passed by Parliament and the disappointment among Ghanaians is palpable.
It was a calm before the storm; the President kept the country in suspense as they undertook the engineering of the legislation so they would not offend the sensibilities of the gay community. Perhaps they have succeeded in addressing the international fraternity of gays, not so however the majority of Ghanaians who hold their family and traditional values dear.
When a bill about which so much cacophonous engagements between the Majority and the Minority under the current political dispensation and the one before it were made, this is not the outcome which should be presented to Ghanaians.
The impression we are getting and rightly so is that what was being dangled before former President Akufo-Addo was not good enough, yet those championing that cause insisted so be it.
We think that a hole was deliberately created for the former President to fall in, hence the insistence that the legislation be signed into law under his tenure. For good reasons he did not. It was the hottest campaign issue following in the heels of galamsey.
In both regards, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has failed Ghanaians, hence the label of ‘deceptive gang’ festooned around their necks. This too has joined others like the 24-Hour Economy in the litany of scams presented to Ghanaians.
What informed the amendment to the 32 points in the bill which, as it were, represent the biting teeth of the legislation?
Now we understand why the biting aspects of the bill had to be expunged in the backyard. Satisfying the interests of the international gay community whose control of the purse from which foreign donations are made has been largely met. Shouldn’t we clap for them? Yes, we should, for mastering the art of political chicanery.
The basic rights of gays have never been so protected, and we think that parents should be mindful about the orientation that their children will be subjected to.
It is reprehensible that the advocacy of LGBTQI ideals is being promoted with a heavy dose of finesse by the passage of the bill in its doctored form.
Having discussed the contents of the previous bill, with its full complements so it can protect family and social values, behind the scenes the NDC was busy doctoring it for today; that is the level of chicanery we were subjected to.
An earlier attempt at smuggling this promotion into the school curriculum refers. It was dealt a death blow by the public and they chickened out. This and the current state in which we are with the subject under review is a clear indication that the President and his team had no intention of addressing this subject. Â The Rubicon has been crossed.