{"id":450155,"date":"2017-12-26T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T09:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/presidents-gay-response-apt-palmer-buckle\/"},"modified":"2017-12-26T09:50:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T09:50:52","slug":"presidents-gay-response-apt-palmer-buckle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/presidents-gay-response-apt-palmer-buckle\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s gay response apt \u2013 Palmer Buckle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 26 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/90646070.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bishop Palmer Buckle\" title=\"Bishop Palmer Buckle\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Archbishop Charles Palmer Buckle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Charles PalmerBuckle has reignited the gay debate in the country again.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Archbishop, the president\u2019s response to the legalization of gay in Ghana was apt as the president only emphasized Ghana\u2019s cultural stance.<\/p>\n<p>The president in an interview expressed the optimism that Ghana may legalize homosexuality when there is a strong demand for its legalization.<\/p>\n<p>Answering questions on the international news network, President Akufo- Addo stated that homosexuality isn\u2019t a big problem in Ghana yet when there is a strong demand for change that might happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the socio-cultural issue if you like\u2026I don\u2019t believe that in Ghana, so far, a sufficiently strong coalition has emerged which is having that impact on public opinion that will say: \u2018Change it [the law], let\u2019s then have a new paradigm in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Juxtaposing Ghana\u2019s situation to that of the England the president stated that \u201cI grew up in England; I went to school as a young boy in England and I grew up at a time in England when homosexuality was banned there, it was illegal and I lived in the period when British politicians thought it was anathema to think about changing the law and suddenly the activities of individuals, of groups, a certain awareness, a certain development grew and grew and grew stronger and it forced a change in law. I believe those are the same processes that will bring about changes in our situation.\u201d He stated<\/p>\n<p>Many civil society groups including the Christian Council who have condemned the practice have called on the president to state the country\u2019s position on homosexuality. However, In support of the President\u2019s response, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra said the 1992 Constitution still considers it illegal so there is no argument about that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President is not God, he cannot say that Ghana will never accept it. He said culturally, it is not an issue that Ghanaians will accept,\u201d Palmer-Buckle told Joy News.<\/p>\n<p>He said both the late President Atta Mills and President Akufo-Addo emphasized were emphatic about the Ghanaian culture in relations to the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Catholic Church believes that homosexuals are also children of God \u201cjust like the murderer and heterosexual\u201d and therefore their rights have to be defended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think people listened very carefully to the President before they jumped to a conclusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 26 December 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-12-26 Archbishop Charles Palmer Buckle The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Charles PalmerBuckle has reignited the gay debate in the country again. 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