{"id":157381,"date":"2024-02-29T21:37:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/29\/imprisoning-gays-wont-eradicate-homosexual-activities\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:37:14","slug":"imprisoning-gays-wont-eradicate-homosexual-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/29\/imprisoning-gays-wont-eradicate-homosexual-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Imprisoning gays won&#8217;t eradicate homosexual activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference, has stated that imprisoning homosexuals will not eliminate homosexuality, but rather, it could increase such activities.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, passed the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill, also known as the anti-LGBTQ bill. This bill criminalizes LGBTQ activities, their promotion, advocacy, and funding.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals found guilty could face a jail term ranging from six months to three years, while promoters and sponsors of these activities could face a three-to-five-year jail term.<\/p>\n<p>Although Rev Gyamfi reiterated the church\u2019s support for the passage of the bill, he told Umaru Sanda Amadu in an <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong> interview on <strong>Citi FM<\/strong> on Thursday, February 29, that there was a need for a review of the sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised the need for more reformative and corrective sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that in the case of this particular law and the way it is being implemented, being placed in prison as the punishment that they have chosen, it is not going to solve the problem. Because you see if you round up same-sex people and you know our prisons, they are going to end up in the same room and what is going to prevent them from going through these activities in the prison?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you are not going to put them there forever because they are going to be there for three months to six months. And then they practice this and come out as more experts at it than when you sent them there. Then you release them back into society. So, what is going to happen?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we were concerned about a punishment that will correct them, that will reform them. So if the government is going this way or if the parliament is going this way that is why we are suggesting that in the prison there, they should add more of the corrective and reformative measures,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference, has stated that imprisoning homosexuals will not eliminate homosexuality, but rather, it could increase such activities. Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, passed the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill, also known as the anti-LGBTQ bill. 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