{"id":65838,"date":"2024-02-01T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=65838"},"modified":"2024-02-01T15:52:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T15:52:50","slug":"former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq","title":{"rendered":"Former President Mahama says he is against LGBTQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former President Mahama and leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said by faith he is against LGBTQ.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Former President clearly stated his stance on the controversial subject while addressing a gathering of clergymen in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in my faith, and my faith is against LGBTQ; I am an Assemblies of God member,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThis is because the faith I have does not support gay marriages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president therefore called on the government to work with parliament to ensure the private member\u2019s bill, the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, which is currently before parliament, is passed.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Mahama, however, cast doubt on President Akufo-Addo\u2019s commitment to assent to the LGBTQ bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment will not assent to the [LGBTQ] bill, which is yet to be passed. The government, through the Attorney General, has made it clear that a private member\u2019s bill due to its financial implications will not be assent to even when it is passed,\u201d former president Mahama added.<\/p>\n<p>MORE ON BUILDING GHANA TOUR:<\/p>\n<p>John Mahama ends tour of Western North, begins two-day Western Region tour<\/p>\n<p>Mahama tours Volta registration centres<\/p>\n<p>John Mahama ends tour of Western North, begins two-day Western Region tour<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Former President suggested that the legislature and the executive should work together to ensure certain clauses that impose financial burdens can be removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParliament and the executive can review the bill and where it puts a charge on the government and remove the same,\u201d the NDC presidential candidate stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis opens the way for the president to be happy to sign the agreement. So I do not support LGBTQ. A man is a man, and a woman is a woman,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>The Former President is on a two-day tour in the Eastern Region dubbed the \u201cBuilding Ghana Tour,\u201d where he has been engaging with party members, executives, and traditional leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mahama also sold out his 24-hour economic policy to the people of the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Former President Mahama and leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said by faith he is against LGBTQ. The Former President clearly stated his stance on the controversial subject while addressing a gathering of clergymen in the Eastern Region. \u201cI believe in my faith, and my faith is against LGBTQ; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-65838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former President Mahama says he is against LGBTQ - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former President Mahama and leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said by faith he is agai ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former President Mahama says he is against LGBTQ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former President Mahama and leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said by faith he is agai ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-01T18:43:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/sm_1706789704.877204.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"947\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Former President Mahama says he is against LGBTQ\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-01T18:43:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq\"},\"wordCount\":359,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/sm_1706789704.877204.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/former-president-mahama-says-he-is-against-lgbtq\",\"name\":\"Former President Mahama says he is against LGBTQ - 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