This whole ‘Gays in Ghana’ thing seems to be taking a total different dimension. Not only are western countries unhappy about the appalling treatments and non recognition of Gays rights in Africa including Ghana, UK is in fact threatening to cut down Aid…
Soon the USA will join in and they what will happen? I am still of the entrenched opinion that, people have autonomy over their own bodies and as such their sexual preferences/orientation should not bother anyone else. If someone wants to be Gay, why is that your problem?
In fact I will encourage him so we can share the women 5 to 1 unless the women want to be Gays too…LOL. On a more serious note, let’s quit this moral issue attached to the whole Gay debate and accord Gays the legal protection they deserve as human beings with right to fair treatment and non-non-discrimination.
Let’s see those who do not want Gays in Ghana? 🙂
Read below for more….
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The British government says it will cut aid to African countries that persecute LGBT people.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell revealed the UK has already cut funding to Malawi by £19 million after two gay men were sentenced to 14 years in prison last May reports the Daily Mail.
Though Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were eventually pardoned by Malawi’s President, Bingu wa Mutharika, their freedom came with a stern warning.
“These boys committed a crime against our culture, against our religion, and against our laws,” Mutharika said. “We don’t condone marriages of this nature. It’s unheard of in Malawi and it’s illegal.”
The Daily Mail notes the UK has donated over £200 million to Malawi during the past three years but that the government will continue withholding funds from the country if it does not stop threatening and punishing its LGBT citizens.
Other countries on the UK’s watch list include Ghana, where earlier this year Western Region Minister Paul Evans Aidoo called for the arrest of all gay people and Uganda, which has considered a “Kill The Gays” bill and saw its first gay bar shuttered last week.
Source: HufffingtonPost.Com
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