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Ghana Will Not Bow To Gay Right Says Foreign Minister…

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In the face of threats by some western countries to cut off foreign aid, the minister designate for foreign affairs, Hannah Tetteh, has said Ghana will not capitulate to pressures from outside to regularize homosexuality in comments to the Appointment Committee of Parliament on Thursday.

While stating that Ghana will always respect the principles of universal declaration on human right, she insisted that acceptance of homosexual acts would compromise the nation’s dignity, as laws in the country are rooted in “our culture and religion”.

“We [Ghana] have signed onto the charter of human right but as far as the issue of homosexuality is concerned it is an issue in which different countries in the world have different positions.

“The western countries have come to accept that homosexuality is a part of their society, in our society I don’t think we have come to that acceptance,” Madam Tetteh bluntly stated.

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