{"id":157133,"date":"2024-02-29T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/29\/anti-lgbtq-bill-passed\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:51:14","slug":"anti-lgbtq-bill-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/29\/anti-lgbtq-bill-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Passed &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parliament has passed the bill on Human Sexual Rights and Family Values commonly called the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is now waiting for Presidential Assent into law.<\/p>\n<p>The bill proscribes LGBT activities and criminalizes its promotion, advocacy and funding.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bill, persons caught in the act would be subjected to a 6 months to 3 year jail term with promoters and sponsors of the act bearing a 3 to 5 year jail term.<\/p>\n<p>This come after sponsors of the Bill filed a motion for a further consideration stage of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The lead sponsor, Samuel Nartey George proposed that clauses 10 and 11 of the anti-LGBT which deals with editorial policies of media firms be subjected to article 12 of the 1992 constitution which provides for the freedom of the media.<\/p>\n<p>The amendments were approved by the House as part of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin on his part also filed a motion for clause 12 of the bill which deals with the funding of LGBT activities to be subjected to the constitution but that was negated by the House.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill would now require presidential assent to come into force.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has not confirmed if he would sign the bill into law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Vincent Kubi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Parliament has passed the bill on Human Sexual Rights and Family Values commonly called the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. 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