Minister for Communications and Digitisation, Ursula Owusu- Ekuful has been happy about the content of the anti- LGBTQ+ Bill currently before Parliament as she believes it captures the overall sentiment of all Ghanaians.
Parliament' s Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs presented its report to the House before Speaker Alban Bagbin opened the floor for debates from both sides of the house.
Following a long submission on the importance of the law that will regulate activities of LGBTQ and need to ensure at all times it is always in- line with the Constitution, the minister opined that even though the issue of LGBTQ bound to happen, stressing that a time in the future could come when it will be accepted by some Ghanaians.
" Maybe 100 years from now, some Ghanaians may decide that they want it, " she submitted to unanimous disapproval, she repeated the point and added: " you and I will not be there. "
Ursula at a point cited comments made in December 2017 by president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, that LGBTQ was bound to happen but that there was not enough advocacy for it in Ghana.
" These social, cultural issues… I don' t believe that in Ghana so far, a sufficiently strong coalition has emerged to change public opinion, and have a new paradigm in Ghana. "
" I think that it is something that is bound to happen.
" Like elsewhere in the world, the activities of individuals and groups will lead to change, " the President said sometime ago.
Parliament on July 5 received and started debate on the Bill properly called: Promotion of Proper Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, popularly known as the anti- LGBTQ+ bill.
The proposed law aims to criminalize LGBTQ+ activities, prohibit the promotion or advocacy of such activities, and ensure the protection and support of children and individuals affected by LGBTQ+ issues.
It received unanimous support when the speaker requested that MPs who wanted to dissent should rise up and make their views known.
It was at the back of this the Minister said the activities could be accepted in Ghana in 100 years to come.
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