Ghana: Gay 'Rights' is an Affront to Public Interest

HUMAN RIGHTS in its homely sense are the rights that a person enjoys because he/she is a human being. It is a fact that there is no out-and-out definition for what human rights are. What therefore happens in practice is that, these rights are guaranteed in the laws of most states with special reference to their culture, custom and norms.Notwithstanding, these rights enshrined must reflect some 'minimum standards' that civilised states accept. This means that, what is a human right in the United States or Denmark (which was the first country to legalise gay 'rights' in 1989) may not be the same conclusion in Ghana or Libya and vice-versa.For instance, while it is not a crime to attempt, abet or commit suicide in Europe today, the contrary is provided under our Criminal Code. Over the past months, there has been agitation for the 'legalization' of gay 'rights' in Ghana, our motherland, for a simple reason that the position of our laws on it is discriminatory.
This trite argument is most unfortunate. 'No person can make lawful what the constitution says it is unlawful. No person can make unlawful what the constitution says it is lawful'.Every person in Ghana, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, religion, creed or gender shall be entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual contained in this chapter but subject to the respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for public interest.Our Criminal Code states in unambiguous terms that unnatural carnal knowledge is a criminal offence.It defines unnatural carnal knowledge as the sexual intercourse with a person in an unnatural manner or with an animal.This is what Ghanaians have accepted since 1960 to be our moral guide and for the preservation of our customs and norms.If a sect is in the belief that it is against their rights, they should challenge this provision in a court of law and should stop the cheap ugly noise in our streets and the airwaves.'It is (not) proper for the law to concern itself with what a man does in private unless it can be shown to be so contrary to the public good that the law ought to intervene'...
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