Over the years, the LGBT community in Ghana has generated controversy, but why and how Well, the majority of Ghanaians don't actually know what the law says or what they think of the country's system towards homosexuality. Ghana is most known for being a religious nation united by the Christian, Islamic, and traditional religions.
According to the three major religions, homosexuality is never acceptable in Ghana, even given the country's legal framework.
They think that homosexuality is not a sophisticated way of living. The supreme court of the Land provides the strongest justification for why homosexuality is considered by law to be a criminal act and can not be accepted in this country. LGBT people are strictly prohibited by tradition.
A severe TABOO according to tradition is being LGBT. They hold the view that homosexual behavior is not practiced by members of the animal kingdom and cannot be done by any intelligent being. It represents a terrible HARAM to Muslims. The history of Islam's religion, law, society, politics, and culture, according to Muslims, have all had an impact on how people view lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons and their experiences.
The Quran describes the destruction of the "people of Lot" by the anger of God ((Allah)) because the males participated in lustful carnal actions with one another and were condemned for it by his contemporaries.
The Quran outright forbids homosexual behavior, and certain hadiths impose the death penalty on people who engage in homosexual or lesbian relations in public. LGBT people are considered sinners by Christians.
Males who have sex with males will categorically not inherit the kingdom of God, according to the verse in 1 Corinthians 6:9. According to Christians, the accounts of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19 and the concubine of the Levite in the Judges both involve sexual assault and violation of male honour.
Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13's command that "MAN MUST NOT LIE WITH MAN" states that those who break this law will be put to death, and their blood will be on their own head. We want to implore our authorities not to do anything that goes against Ghanaian principles because we are Ghanaians who truly value and adore our cultural values.
Written By
John Agbevem