Noted NPP scholar Arthur Kennedy has written to the UK Prime Minister Theresa May challenging her assertion that former British colonies should decriminalize the practice of homos*xuality, which is widely derided in Africa.
May’s comments have sparked a furore among both the Ghanaian public and politicians with everyone rushing to show exactly how anti gay they are.
Karl Marx once infamously described religion as the ‘opium of the masses’. It’s one of his most famous quotes, and although almost everyone knows it we all fall victim to it anyway.
The rich and powerful in society exploit religion to keep enriching themselves whilst the masses continue hoping for their reward in the afterlife. These days pastors have sprung up who are richer than their congregations 100 times combined but go back every Sunday to tell them they would be blessed beyond measure if they give the small they have to they, the rich pastor.
Arthur Kennedy, the maverick NPP politician who more often than not refuses to toe the party line, is back again with another not party endorsed position.
In an opinion piece dealing with the remission of the sentences of the Montie 3 granted by President Mahama to the three, Kennedy says the reaction to the President’s decision has been ‘over the top and reckless’.
The NPP are trying to wade through the muck of their internal wrangling as best as they can, with the latest shot being the suspension of Kwabena Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe.
Whilst that might look like a good point to cease fire and start thinking about strategising to save us from the hell John Mahama is putting us through- it seems tensions in the party are running far higher than that.
