Vice President John Mahama has described homosexuality as a scar on the mind of the church, the GNA reports.
“Homosexuality is a deep scar on the mind of the church and the body of Christ,” Mr Mahama is said to have told delegates at the 2011 convention of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International, Ghana, underway at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The convention, under the theme: “Wake up let’s renew our minds” attracted members from all the chapters within Ghana and neighbouring countries.
His comment comes after Attorney General Martin Amidu at press conference indicated that the Criminal Code of Ghana does not criminalise homosexuality.
“Unnatural carnal knowledge in private between two consenting adults is not a crime,” he told Joy News. Mr Amidu however indicated he held his personal views about the issue but in his position as the AG he could only state what the law says.
Mr Mahama however called on Christians to continue to pray for Ghana to maintain the peace and unity that “has been with us over the years.”
Development
Mr John Dramani Mahama gave the assurance that government has got the capacity to absorb more credit facilities to undertake development projects throughout the country.
He said $800 million of the $3 billion loan passed by Parliament last week would be used for the development of gas production in the Western Region and called for the collaboration of all to help execute the development projects on schedule.
Vice President Mahama said government would create an enabling environment for business to flourish in the country in the face of high interest rates, inadequate access to credit facilities and enormous corrupt practices exhibited by some businesses.
Meanwhile National President of the fellowship, Mr Timothy Ati, called for the elimination of church denominations, tribal and cultural barriers in order to pave way for national unity and love.
Mr Ati said the fellowship would take an active role in helping to grow the morals of the Ghanaian society and called for assistance from government to enable them to fight the problems in the society.
He called on all Ghanaians to exhibit a sense of high level professionalism and restraint in order to achieve a violence free election in next year’s general polls.