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Gay, Lesbian
adventure catches fire
Christian Council goes all out and calls for aluta
05 Sept 2006-Ghana- The
activities and operations of a group calling itself the gay and lesbian
association of Ghana, coupled with their intention to play host to an
international conference in Ghana, has met fierce condemnation and
opposition from the Christian community.
In the heat of
events, the Christian Council of Ghana, mother of several Christian
denominations in the country, has added its voice to that of the several
condemnations by government and equally concerned citizens.
At a press
conference in Accra yesterday to state its position on the raging
controversy, Right Reverend Dr. Paul Fynn, Chairman of the all-powerful
council, condemned in no uncertain terms the activities and operations
of the gays and lesbians.
“The Christian
Council of Ghana vehemently condemns without reservations the formation
of such an association in our beautiful and peaceful country,” he said.
He noted that the
said conference would not have been in the interest of the nation, as it
would rather have brought disgrace to many people in the country if not
the entire population.
According to him,
the fact that the constitution of the country guaranteed freedom of
association, movement, speech, expression and worship did not mean it
should provide the license and authority for people to misbehave and
satanise the country, as that of the infamous Sodom and Gomorrah
incident in the bible.
As the bible
prescribes, he indicated, “God did not create man to marry man and woman
to marry woman, but created man to cohabit with woman and to bear
children”.
For him,
homosexuality, lesbianism, occultism and the raging cocaine issues that
have beset this nation within the last couple of months are all signs of
the bad seed sown by the devil amongst us; hence the need to uproot such
acts without further delay.
The council thus
advised all parents, teachers and guardians to keep an eye on their
children and advise them to steer clear of such immoral and sinful
practices.
This he said was
because these practices only bring untold hardships to individuals, the
community and the nation in the long run.
It congratulated
government for its swift response to the issue, knowing very well its
consequential effects on the nation and the people, commending it for
not only condemning but also disallowing the proposed international
conference to would have been held in Ghana.
“We further
congratulate the government for recognizing the cherished traditional
and religious values of our country and for listening to the Ghanaian
public,” said the chairman.
According to him,
the Council was solidly behind the government in its decision to take
disciplinary actions against them if they were found to have acted in
contradiction of the country’s laws.
Over a week ago,
the president of the gays and lesbians association of Ghana, one Prince
MacDonalds, came under immense attack from Ghanaians when he stormed the
studious of Joy FM, an Accra-based private radio station, to justify
their activities.
Apostle Dr. Michael
Ntumy, who could not fathom any kind of justification for such ungodly
practices, said, “Homosexuality is an offence against God”, quoting
Leviticus 20:13 in the Holy Scriptures, “If a man lies with a male as he
lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; …they
shall surely be put to death”.
This in itself, he
said, must inform all persons of how God despises such practices.
He noted that
Christians consider homosexuality and lesbianism as contrary to the ways
the Bible teaches and part of what the Scripture condemns, including
fornication and stealing.
He said the only
way out for such persons would be to seek accord with God and accept to
repent their ways.
“It is unfortunate
all over the world homosexuals are coming out of their closets,” he
bemoaned.
Although many
people feel uneasy to talk about it in public, he wondered why and how
others felt proud of this orientation and were telling the entire world
that it was an alternate sexual course.
Meanwhile, the Bible prescribe in
Leviticus 18:22 that a man “shall not lie with a male as with a woman”,
emphasizing that “it is an abomination”.
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