{"id":274503,"date":"2025-01-03T02:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T02:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/01\/03\/let-those-who-champion-it-push-it-in-parliament\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T02:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T02:12:58","slug":"let-those-who-champion-it-push-it-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/01\/03\/let-those-who-champion-it-push-it-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Let those who champion it push it in parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/564\/56457983.295.jpg\" alt=\"Former NPP National Chairman, Freddie Blay\" title=\"Former NPP National Chairman, Freddie Blay\" width=\"295\" height=\"215\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former NPP National Chairman, Freddie Blay<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">In an interview on GHOne TV\u2019s Hard Talk, Freddie Blay, the former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), weighed in on the controversial LGBTQ+ bill currently making waves in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Blay firmly expressed his stance, dismissing the bill as unnecessary and not a significant issue facing the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t agree that the bill needs to be assented to. To me, my position on the bill is that it was unnecessary. It has not been a big problem in this country,\u201d Blay stated, addressing the growing debate around the bill.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ghana\u2019s culture and its existing laws already provide adequate coverage for issues related to individuals who step outside societal norms.<\/p>\n<p>Blay, who has been an influential figure in Ghanaian politics for decades, noted that the LGBTQ+ discussion was largely being pushed by individuals who, in the past, had dismissed the very same issues.<\/p>\n<p>He remarked, \u201cSo this LGBTQ issue has been championed by people who had previously dismissed it themselves and now they are now championing it, and it has come to this far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drawing attention to the political dimension of the matter, Blay further commented, \u201cIt makes no difference. If they who championed it, many of them have come to Parliament. Let them push it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch Nigel Gaisie&#8217;s full 2025 prophecy<\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"l2NowT9mNyE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch Nigel Gaisie&#039;s full 2025 prophecy\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2NowT9mNyE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NPP National Chairman, Freddie Blay In an interview on GHOne TV\u2019s Hard Talk, Freddie Blay, the former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), weighed in on the controversial LGBTQ+ bill currently making waves in Ghana. 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