Ghana parliament passes anti-LGBTQ bill • FRANCE 24 English
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- Ghana's parliament voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights on Wednesday in a move condemned by activists. The bill still has to be validated by the president before becoming law, which observers believe is unlikely before a general election in December. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
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Leave Africa alone with their laws and traditions. Nobody tells you people how to govern your countries
Amen
Amen
Yep
Nobody else in the modern world gets financial aid either but you are right nobody should influence your government but they do. Look at your economy, your government been giving up the people in your country for quite come time now.
@@DB-8504you are angry sodomy has been banned but no one is forcing you to stop sodomy in north Western Europe. Enjoy yourself there
Well done Ghana, America has been forcing this to other weak countries
Ghanaians ain't no weak people
Oh no America is the one funding all this homophobia (which is a European export btw)
Force what?
@@CVert151define what i a woman
Where did America do any forcing regarding laws on sexuality? Do you mean that America has been promoting equal rights? Do you mean that America has been using its economic influence to encourage change?
Well done Ghana... Wickedness shouldn't be allowed anywhere in Africa.... All African countries should pass this law....
Said like someone who waits with the mouth wide open for sky daddy's "blessing".
@@jonatand2045 That's ironic coming from a you, a person who thinks men can get pregnant. Lol
@@jonatand2045 That's better than following western trends
@@jegamespeed5399
If you want it to stay a superstitious backwater, yes.
@@jonatand2045 Yeah, we don' t mind at all. Things could be worse, there are countries out there where people don't know what a woman is or afraid to say what a woman is. Lol
The whole of Africa should continue to protect themselves
Half of Ghana lives below poverty , starving and breathing fumes in toxic waste dumps (slums) but hey, at least the leaders might catch a gay person right?
What about homeless persons in the US? Where are they living, in Vilas? You have people moving around like Zonbies in the US but you don't see it because you are brainwashed. Don't you think that poor people in Ghana living better the poor people USA?@@UCMICU
@@UCMICUFighting these western ideologies is important. Fighting this does not stop them from fighting against anything else. And since when did you start ti care about Ghanaians? Lol
We are killing our people wdym?
@@Starkling42 What people?
Leave Africa alone
Ghana is not africa you need to go back to school and learn geography
@@Occ881 you should be the one going back to nursery because Ghana is an African country
@@mr_rocbil yes it's an african country not africa that's what I'm talking about,, infact not all african countries do not care about it's citizens and persecute them for being born different like ghana...
I don't get the reason someone should be hated for being gay it's excruciating for real
@@Occ881 are you Ghanaian?
@@Occ881 smartest LGBT supporter:
Please I think the western world should give respect to other countries when they passes their Laws. They criminalized polygamy and yet wants to inflict their muscles on us.
They want everyone else to become perverts
I didn't know that in western world polygamy can cost you to 10 years In prison😂😂😂
@@Occ881 they should stop sniffing their noses 👃 into our matters . Period
@Occ881 Different crime, different country, different sentence.
@Occ881 You thought all crimes have the same sentence in all countries? 🤣🤦🏾
3 years is to small they should make 20 years.
On what grounds? That you are superstitious?
@jonatand2045 It's better to do things based on superstition than Western trends because who knows what the next trend will be. Lol
@@jegamespeed5399
That's dumb. We know homosexuality isn't sin. Your country gains nothing from jailing them other than serving as opium for the masses.
@@jonatand2045Ghanaian here and I can boldly say that the West without superstition has raised some of the most degenerate children in the world. At least we have decency as a core value with our superstition
And immediately u guys are quick to report this. We are suffering in Ghana. Economic hardships, human rights abuse, low standards of living, poor educational facilities for the people.... foreign companies not helping the country enough to uplift the general well being of the people, corrupt leadership (in fact especially this one is very important). Yet u are quick to report this? Seriously 😒
@@3XP3NDABL3loool 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 support???
Yep support, as in donations, aid bills propositioned here in America to send relief to countries in Africa and the Middle East, etc. Won't get a vote from me.
Human rights abuse ?, in what way.
@@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197I’m surprised 😮
Those are our problems to deal with on our own. The mindset of looking for help from outside especially the west must be discarded.
We don't have terms like the right, the left, the far right and far left in Ghana.
Yep ,it's a media thing. All of a sudden... far right and far left🙄
Typical stupid European imposing "far right" even to communities that don't know or care what that means ..
@@jasonjones681
Superstitious is a better term. That explains such draconian policy.
@jonatand2045 Just because people don't share your Western views, it does not mean they are superstitious. 🤣
@@jonatand2045 Says the imperialist.
We need laws like this in the USA.
No we need to keep the few human rights Americans have left. Zealots have no right to influence national policy.
@@Gravelgratiousthey’re absolutely depraved with men having green painted faces and calling themselves Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and public showing them with dog collars on all fours . Oh don’t forget they have public showing of lap dancing to a crucified Jesus these people
Yes
Yes, USA go full communist totalitarian state please.
And in my country too
Every country has the right to choose how they live their lives. Especially when majority of the country’s population support their government decision. Respect their way of life and not demonise them for it.
Every country has indeed got the right to make the worst decisions for themselves, except for the fact that its abusing human rights.
@evilmiera Please, u should start your preaching on human rights in the middle easts where it is really needed
@@evilmiera lol, everything hides in the name of human right. Then the decision to no accept LGBT should also be considered as "human right".
@@kasyfunnadhir Murdering or imprisoning people for no reason isn't a right, but you knew that already
@@evilmiera go preach that in the arab world
Africa has customs, traditions and values. Well done Ghana 🇬🇭
😂😂😂
Values based on superstition and ignorance.
@@jonatand2045Values that you would never understand, We're not mentally weak people who know the right thing but reject it because we feel like a bird when we clearly know we're human😊
@@NoobGamer-he8qw
They think homosexuality is sin, that is unproven superstition. I can debunk their christianity if you want. Did you know the stories of Adam and Noah are physically impossible and would result in extinction?
@@jonatand2045 For Africa's it's not a Superstition or religious issue, It's a common sense issue, Man is Man and a woman is a woman period. There's no in-between but if someone out there wants to be a rat no problem, by all means be a rat, but don't come telling me I should believe you're a rat when you're not 😂😂😂😂Your delusions are yours and my reality is mine it's simple, Leave African Societies alone, let the people of the society decide what is acceptable with them that's all I stand for, Feed your Illusions Yes!!!!!! At my expense??? Noo!!!
In Ghana we honestly don’t care what u do in ur bedroom, hey be gay, love ur fellow men or women, our motto is freedom and justice. We re free to be whoever we want here.
However, what we don’t like or accept is advertising it to others or children, that’s a big no no, that’s all we ask for the world to respect. Nobody is hunting gays here.
Too much freedom we're witnessing gay nasty acts on the street, some even teach it to public schools!
Amen.
Amen 🙏 well said brother
The bill includes "3 years prison for identifying as LGBT". If you people don't care then why is that one in the bill
@@3XP3NDABL3 “they” never have/had a problem “they” were/re among us. Ghanaians don’t have the time to go snitch to the police/gov. for being gay or “other”. Until “they” started going to children schools, making music videos, n playing the “victim cards”. Hence the birth of this bill.
Well done Ghana, the rest of the world should learn from you, and ban this abominable act. Don't you realize that if every person on earth was gay, procreation and civilization would come to an end!!!
Well done Ghana for going backwards
@@LittleLoz We already backwards,
Good! It’s good to see governments taking the unfortunately necessary steps of making laws that get rid of moral depravity!
What Moral depravity you loon?
You sad little unhappy clown.
@@JCor-Nov funny you should say that, using your God given right to free speech!
As an American, I stand with Ghana. It's nice to see some countries are still sane and are pushing back against lunacy and degeneracy.
Ghana is will not acept LBGTQ+.
I’m proud of them 😁
Doesn't matter they appear naturally. Why are you so hateful anyway? To please sky daddy?
@jonatand2045 Why is it hateful to believe homosexual acts are wrong? Is it because the West says so 🤣🤣🤣
@jonatand2045 "They appear naturally." Everyone appears naturally. Lol. All people, thay break laws, also appeared naturally. 🤣
@jonatand2045 What does it mean they appear naturally? Do you claim that they don't have no control and are not responsible for their actions?
Wether he signs or not, it is illegal in Ghana.
Uganda set the pace.
No, it has always been illegal in Ghana.
Bam
It has always been illegal in Ghana U.S hanging on Ghana's neck with that LGBTQ lifestyle made them wanna send a message to the world.
@@user-rk7ik1ko6d
Superstitious country makes something illegal due to superstition.
Great news! Well done Ghana parliament.
way to Go Ghana🇬🇭
This is normal for Africa and Middle East. South Africa is the only country that fully tolerates this.
they were colonized heavily and their colonizers stayed in the country
We South Africans don't care for this because it doesn't affect us. Those LG people live their lives without pinning their beliefs on Us. We respect each other that way. If they did try and teach our kids to be gay it would be a different story
Hehehe....these people are still under colonization up to date.
Gay people in south Africa live their lives just like we do our own no one cares about what grown adults do in their bedroom. Perhaps that's why south Africa is out performing most of these African states because we have time to focus on real issues not something like gay rights wch should be a given
@@habibsumani6021 aren't we all🤣 sovereign African countries can't make independent choices without the West being involved! South Africa is the only country that disobeyed the West via BRICS and Palestine😂 it's been almost 2years the West been trying to sanction us.
Should be 20 years in prison. Please respect Ghana laws
Capital punishment
Ghana Very Welcome on Board 🇺🇬 🇬🇭 ❤❤❤❤
I have zero respect for those kinds of laws and the people who support them.
its ur own case@@tayler2396
@@g.sampah732 The guy who wrote the original statement.
Far right? Give it a rest. 🙄
🤣🤣🤣🤣 funny right ????
Imprisoning anyone you suspect of being gay isn't 'far-right'? Bear in mind gay sex is already illegal there. The law is actually quite extreme even by African standards.
Bs, it's perfect. I'm proudly Ghanaian@@RationalistMH
@@RationalistMHAfricans don't know what the hell is far right they just don't want this woke nonsense in their country
@@RationalistMHAfricans don't even know what far right is.
I am a Ghanaian, and this is a good news
You forgot to mention Saudi Arabia and Katar and many others in the so called Middle East. Hypocrisy
We hear about those countries all the time tho
@@ChildofTMH144Right? Was Marvin around when the news cycle pretty much entirely revolved around Qatar's human rights' abuses when they were in the spotlight when hosting the soccer worlds'?
Don't forget middle East are Muslims country's and lslam it's against that evil....
That's because we're currently talking about Ghana.
The Saudis have something to offer. What is it Ghana has to offer now?
Their house, their rules.
W Ghana we stand with you 🎉🎉
Whenever the westeners act like this, it makes me question their concept of democracy. What is applicable to you must not be the norm for everyone else. We equally have culture and every right has to allign to our culture.
By restricting the rights of other people. Because its just "culture".
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa2557 Polygamy is legal in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, etc, but illegal in the west. So, who gets to define what's human right and what's not? And we don't allow this because we want these western ideologies on our society not just because of culture.
These are just African norms, not far right
Do Africans even know what far right is? I am telling you, the Mzungu is full of wizardry.
They are trying to dehumanize Africa by making it seem Africans don't have the mind to make their own laws
They are European Christian norms from centuries ago. These "values" were forced upon you by your colonizers.
No these are Colonial era laws imposed by Western colonizers. Before this African societies tolerated gender diversity and inclusion.
@LSenmut so what you are inferring is we africans never had any kind of mind before the colonist..we couldnt have likes or dislikes or even capable of making laws...you see how you alphabet types trying to dehumanize us because of you think your life styles under attack and youtube sees this and keeps quite but if we respond vigorously they'd delete our comments....continue you will reap what you sow in our africa, we know ourselves
Their country, their law!
@@moonlight80s Western views are not human rights
The law is just saying that keep bedroom matters in the bedroom. Theres no need for publicity or promotion. That's it!
It's good the people and the parliament of Ghana is for once not allowing the West to dictate for them
Well done Ghana
Wrong
Thank you Ghana for saving the next generation 👏
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@@UCMICU
And that is entirely the choice and business of Ghana, wouldn't you say?
Or are you still under the age old western illusion that Afrikans are children, who know not what is best for us?
We put our traditions, values and culture FIRST, and let the pieces fall where they may, regardless of what our erstwhile slave owners and tormentors feel
@@stressfreesasaki6570 I agree. These “Leaders” of Ghana need to grow up & address the REAL issues the citizens are facing!
@@UCMICU And, as a Ghanaian, may I ask, who are you again?
Do we know you, or care what YOU think about Ghana?
Who determines what laws should be passed in a country? Foreign journalist?
Maybe France 24 😅
Like we care. They can fly in and show us how it’s done. Such a waste of my time listening to people who didn’t read the bill nor understand the nation 😀🌚
We need this law everywhere
Seems you want to please sky daddy. Don't forget to offer him your bum.
This map showing the punishment is inaccurate. In nigeria, getting 'caught in the act' of lgbtq activities carries a prison sentence not death penalty
It is death penalty in the Northern sharia states.
@@nafiulawal1443 what does the actual law of Nigeria say?
@@adesolaadetola2328If you can't find out for yourself, you don't need the internet
@@adesolaadetola2328 14 years
Maybe France should grant them free visas.
Beautiful
Yes, and provide them a place to thrive and proliferate
Easily I know right 😂
I hope it grants it to us all LGBTIAQ+ people persecuted in Africa not just Ghana so we can be free
@@LadySenmuk🙄
If you remove Muslims, Christians and traditionalists in Ghana what remains ?
Christianity and Islam are foreign religions, get it right.
Nothing.
Your mother kwasiakwa
and all tis religions including the traditional religion doesnt support that @@class438
@Asante
Asante paa?
Ghana is doing the right thing!
We were promised a Ghana beyond aid and now a Ghana beyond gay is being pushed down our throat.
I can't go to USA and tell them how to mgt their affairs so why are they medlin in our Business
God bless Ghanaians forever
Amen!
The law of nature is simple. Man make it complex. The law of nature reigns supreme.
Please is polygamy allowed in USA?
They make it difficult to practice it. You can do it, but it's not there culture
@davidsolomon3926 is illegal if you are caught you are jailed.
Oh yes but only one can be registered. One wife 3 side chicks😂😂😂
Ask that to Mormons????
Answer; yes!!!... In the so-called MORMAN RELIGION in the State of UTAH!!! 😖😜
Despite is hard economy in Ghana 🇬🇭, I’m very very proud to be Ghanaian in Ghana . I will rather go through economic hardship than accept LGBT . Alhamdullillah for this law . 😊
LOL Yeah, thank goodness Ghana's leaders saw that seeing a gay person hold hands would be more important than starving kids living / breathing in toxic waste dumps, lacking basic human needs, disease, rape & child labor. Ghana leaders care nothing for it's citizens. It only protects the rich from going broke and the poor from coming into power.
Polygamy is a crime in the west but you want to force Africans for accept Homosexuality.
Why can't the west and it allies respect the laws of African countries and their norms.
Because we as humanity hold a collective responsibility for how we are treated (which is even explicitly enshrined at the UN), and Ghana is currently, voluntarily, targetedly destroying the lives of a chunk of its' own citizens, as well as making it impossible to ever end the HIV/AIDS crisis worldwide.
Because human rights are universal, not west or east. Duh lol
@@AutoGamerZ_take them to countries 😂😂😂
@@anobelkhoushabeh3831 well, have you take a look at the laws of mostly the Arab countries ?. They have laws that are even harsh than what Ghana has passed as far as Lgbtqizyrefh is concerned. Yet the world seem to be quiet about it but when it comes to Africa they start pouncing on them.
@@mike_legend12 Quiet? What on earth are you talking about? As an incredibly obvious example: Have you *seen* the amount of pushback Qatar got around the world cup?
Demon has been defeated in GHANA
Congratulations Ghana. We should now embark on criminalizing 'family planning' in Africa. We need numbers to grow capacity to reach our destination
Exactly. This family planning was also brought to us by the Western world to keep our population growth controlled so that we can't stand a chance against but our ignorant African people adopts anything from the West because they feel anything from there is correct
Destination: Overpopulation and starvation.
@@jonatand2045 More than 44 million people in the US face hunger, including 1 in 5 children. - feeding America org
Overall: One in 8 households (12.8 percent) experienced food insecurity, or lack of access to an affordable, nutritious diet. An estimated 44.2 million Americans lived in these households. - frac org
We're feeling bad and also good as waking up seeing our wish come through..... if you guys are sinning your sin you need not involve your shameful act in African...... If GOD Himself reject this stupid act who're we to accept it..... Bravoooooooo... to my president!!!!
The best decision ever
God Bless Mother land Africa!
We are glad with the new rules of laws in Africa in Africa.
3 years in prison too small please
🌈
20 years in prison will be better
We need this kind of morale courage in the USA.
0:55 - 1:01 lol that’s a lie, we don’t snitch on each other, you can have your sex behind closed doors. Public promotions, advocacy, gay clubs etc etc are not allowed
Ghanaians are not stupid, IMF AND WORLD BANK should LEAVE US Alone!
Amazing law. Well done Ghana 🇬🇭 may God bless you
Who are the US and the Western countries to tell Africa what to do?
3 years ?
Really it should be 50 yrs
For these clowns who try it
Grow up
Ignoring clown you @@LittleLoz
Congratulations 👏🏾
1:41 state in Africa?. Africa is a continent not country. Ghana is a country in Africa.
The word "state" is commonly used in English to refer to countries.
By your analogy, England is a state in the uk.@@AutoGamerZ_
Even with gun at his head, the president of Ghana will never sign the gay law. Ghana is a sovereign country and will remain as such
We dont want your money oooo tom, we want our peace and respect to remain period.
Those countries that do no penalize it do not even have laws about it because they don't even consider it as something that should be discuss. So do not think it is allowed there and try to go there, you will be shocked if you come out alive
Exactly
Africa being Africa....
Exactly we re not boy Lovers
We call them future basketball Americans
@@user-cq5on3ln7gnot even the women 😅
Amen
And the west being the West (imposing their views on everyone)....
You guys need to contact Sam George if you think you are intelligent enough to debate on this issue
😂😂😂😂😂😂. Sam George will reset their brains for them
Hey! Please hold it, You people should stop trying to impose your culture on to others
Africa is starting to be my second fav continent
Respect for ghana
If you believe in human rights closed all prisons,democracy is most stupid thing to practice
Well done Ghana!!
Why is this something we rational human beings should be talking about? Aren't there more significant things to discuss ?
Ghana has their customs and traditions
Except for South Africa, there's no African country that tolerate this.
Congratulations Ghana.
We Stand for the right things and for the right laws of nature
Is the marriage between a man and a man a progress? What about US position on Saudi Arabia and Qatar? Why in this interview the journalist did not ask questions on Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries...he restricted his reporting within Africa? Example of smallmindedness!
A shift to the far right? That's a stretch. Its a sovereign country exercising its rights, and other countries such as Qatar have much stricter laws.
Lastly the bill has not yet been signed by the President.
Oh! that son of a goat😮 if he likes, shouldn’t sign
I know several gay people in Ghana 🇬🇭 we're all cool. They exist peaceful ✌️ and this law will not change that.
Congratulations
Wrong
Ghana the top G
I love all people but Ghana is not wrong for not legalizing Same sex marriage. I am very free and open to all people myself but until the day a man can have a baby by another man or a woman by another woman I also take the stand against same sex marriage. Ghana is very rich and have not sold so many parts of their culture. I stand with Love for all people but also stand with the values of Ghana.
Proud of Ghana for standing up for the citizens of Ghana. Western colonialism needs to end.
Then China can really own you then…
1 John 4:20 ESV / 557
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Good
Based
Well done Ghana ! What far right ? The girlie men of Europe have lost it. A great move by Ghana.
I seen 300 billion dollars a year.. i think that is a outrageous price for tax payers to pay..
That's very strange. Why did the Ghana parliament do something like that?
Shame on South Africa and Namibia. You need to hold the line fam. You're not a Euro colony anymore so you need to drop the European mindset. SMDH.
Can’t find this on instagram lol
Dont give us aid..we depend on God. We will farm
God bless Ghana 🇬🇭
"To live your life freely." No one lives freely in this world.
You can't cry more than the bereaved. LGBTQ+ is parallel to Ghanaian culture.
If it was parallel to Ghanaian culture one would not see the mass majority of every single ethnic nation within the country consistently and repeatedly rejecting same.
They all recognize the assault being committed against Ghanaian agency to determine their own societal norms.
An agency that is respected elsewhere such as Saudi, Qatar, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh…..what would make the west believe that Ghana or other Afrikan countries that share the same position and values would be any different?
African Arab, Sahel, Magreb, Berber gays homosexual people can come to Poland, Słovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Bułgaria, Croatia will receive protection, shelter in the Intermarium countries, we invite you in these countries, homosexuality is legal, there is protection against harm and hatred
Am happy for Ghana government. Woman and Man should get married says the Lord
There is nothing like 10 years in jail. It is 3 months to 3 years. Please get the bill, read it first before discussing it.
please explain to me what is a traditional religious group in ghana hahaha
Well doneren Ghana. The ancestors has spoken
Let europe stay whith their LBGt Culture. That is the basic in europeanculture that has his foundation in Greece and Rome.