{"id":480101,"date":"2011-09-01T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/09\/01\/a-g%e2%80%99s-gay-comments-illogical-unfortunate-%e2%80%93-clergy\/"},"modified":"2011-09-01T13:43:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T13:43:54","slug":"a-gs-gay-comments-illogical-unfortunate-clergy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/09\/01\/a-gs-gay-comments-illogical-unfortunate-clergy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A-G\u2019s gay comments illogical, unfortunate \u2013 Clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/5fd8pastor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25198\" title=\"pastor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/5fd8pastor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pastor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has described as \u201cillogical and unfortunate\u201d, Attorney General Martin Amidu\u2019s assertion that homosexual acts between two consenting adults, per Ghana\u2019s laws, is not illegal so far as it is confined to the privacy of the partners\u2019 bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amidu told journalists at a meet-the-press series on Tuesday August 30 that what two consenting adults do sexually in the privacy of their homes does not offend the laws unless it involves rape through unnatural carnal knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Minister\u2019s comments were meant to clarify the stance of the law on homosexuality following a recently attended AIDS summit during which Ghana\u2019s position on the practice was greatly discussed.<\/p>\n<p>The issue has been widely debated by lawyers, the clergy and health experts in the past few weeks. The Presby Church has been one of the harshest critics of the practice.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, Moderator of the Presby Church, expressed chagrin at the stance of the country\u2019s chief lawyer on such a contentious issue.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the ill consequences of what gays do in their private bedrooms affect the rest of the world, citing the spread of HIV to buttress his point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know where our country is going to; its leaders who are going to lead the country are dead to all sense of morality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing \u2018privacy\u2019 about homosexuality because the effect affects everyone. So if a mother kills her child in her room, if a husband kills his wife in their room, it is the privacy of their room, why should the law then follow them?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is illogical. In fact it is sending wrong signals to those who are in it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no country in the world where there is no HIV Aids; most of these things were done in privacy and it is affecting the whole world so the argument is illogical and the argument does not help our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not accept the argument.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source: Citifmonline<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Pastor The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has described as \u201cillogical and unfortunate\u201d, Attorney General Martin Amidu\u2019s assertion that homosexual acts between two consenting adults, per Ghana\u2019s laws, is not illegal so far as it is confined to the privacy of the partners\u2019 bedroom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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