Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, has alerted other lawmakers about the impending approval of a measure that discriminates against LGBTQ+ people.
He maintained that it would be unwise to put someone in jail for coming out as gay since this would encourage attacks on gay people in the community, which would be harmful.
Kennedy Agyapong claimed that since the anti-gay laws will take precedence above the constitution’s prohibitions on LGBT activity, caution should be exercised.
“About the anti-gay bill, we should be careful. What disgusts me is when someone openly flaunts that he is gay but honestly, that doesn’t mean the person should be jailed. Everyone has individual rights but that doesn’t mean it should supersede the constitution.
“My worry is the moment it is criminalized and someone is sentenced for being gay… On the other side, people would take the law into their own hands and torture or kill such people,” he stated in a video that GhanaWeb saw that One Ghana TV posted on their YouTube page.
Kennedy Agyapong argued that the people who advocate for LGBTQ+ causes ought to go to jail, not people who are openly gay.
“Persons who should be jailed are the promoters, not those who are just flaunting it.”
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