Gay men compete with babies for diapers in Ghana

By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

 

The Superintendent Minister of Wa Methodist Church of Ghana, Very Rev. Samuel. C. Hagan has revealed that homosexual men in Ghana are competing with babies for diapers.

 

He claimed that because of this ungodly act, diapers are in short supply owing to the “evil” activities of gay men.

 

The Reverend Minister’s comments follow weeks of marathon and heated debate over the rights or wrongs of the practice of homosexuality in the country.

Human rights campaigners have called for the rights of lesbians and homosexuals to be respected in the Ghanaian society. However critics, particularly religious leaders, have been quick to revolt.

The Very Reverend Samuel Hagan minced no words in condemning the activities of gay men at the induction of some new clergy men and women in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa.

Rev. Samuel Hagan did not spare some pastors elsewhere who have presided over gay marriages.

He commended human rights advocates for championing the respect for the rights of the vulnerable in society but admonished them against championing the rights of homosexuals.

“Your rights of freedom to pursue freedom for others are good but don’t use freedom as a covering for evil.”

“Now there are many men who are struggling with babies for the demand of pampers,” he noted.

“I challenge all religious bodies to come out clear and state their positions since the menace of homosexuality is consuming the society like a bush fire,’ he stated.

 

On his part, a seasoned motivational speaker and President of the Foundation for Future Leaders Emmanuel Dei-Tumi attributed the increasing number of young people engaging in homosexuality to the absence of counseling units in schools in the country’s education system.

He believes young people are psychologically influenced into homosexuality and can be turned away from it through appropriate guidance and counseling.

Mr Dei-Tumi told Joy FM, an Accra based radio station that unless a clear mechanism is fashioned out, the numbers will continue to increase to the detriment of society.

“Society has to be proactive…If you go to our senior high schools today, you can count the number of our senior high schools that have a counseling unit. We used to have guidance and counseling in most of our schools [but] today they are no longer there,” he said.

He described the problem as a “psychological thing.”

“You engage the young person and try to understand the underpinnings; why is this young person behaving the way he or she is behaving. And then you can then guide and guard that particular individual in a manner that will make that particular individual become productive,” he said.

It appears Ghana seems to be far away from any such move but many Christian and Muslim organizations have kicked against any attempt to legalize it in the 54 year-old West African country.

 

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