Anti-gay campaigner and Senior Law Lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, Moses Foh-Amoaning says comments by the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Theresa May on giving homosexuals the freedom to practice in Africa shows clearly her ignorance of and disrespect for Africans’ cultural and moral values.
The Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Ms. Theresa May, is reported to have urged leaders of Commonwealth nations to overhaul “outdated” anti-gay laws in their countries, adding that UK “deeply regrets” its role in the legacy of violence and discrimination.
The Prime Minister drew cheers and applause when she told delegates at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (GHOGM) that “nobody should face discrimination or persecution because of who they are or who they love”.
But according to the renowned law lecturer, Theresa May is exposing her neo-colonialist mentality with her decision to help leaders of Commonwealth nations to change their anti-gay laws which form part of the customary laws even before they colonised African countries.
“After 70 years, Theresa May has realised that the law they supposedly gave us is not good and she will help us to expunge such laws? In the first place, what is more neo-colonialist than this? They think they can change our laws for us as and when they feel like it?” he fumed on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show.
He emphasized that “if Theresa May speaks like that, it still shows her colonialist mentality”; then these foreigners felt and still feel Africans have no customary laws aside their common laws they introduced to their colonies during the slavery.
“When these foreigners came to Africa, they felt their laws superseded every other law; in fact they felt there were no law when they came to Africa. The common law from England was considered the only law in Africa and so our own cultural laws and values which we call the Customary Law, they don’t accept it”, he hinted.
He added that “the white-folks are still refusing to accept that we have our Customary Law before they brought their Common Law; our Customary Law has not changed and for over 1000s of years, it doesn’t accept homosexuality”.
He reiterated saying that it will be difficult for the Ashantis, the Voltarians, the people from Brong Ahafo and those from the Northern Region to accept homosexuality due to the Customary Law which frowns on this behaviour long before the colonial masters came to Africa.
“This shows that she very ignorant and she is still living in the vestiges of colonialism and that why I want our President to speak on this issue....”, he stressed.
He therefore debunked the assertion put out by the gay promoters that homosexuality is a modern way of life; in that, homosexuality has been in existence from the days of Abraham in the Bible and cannot be accepted as a new way of life.
The law lecturer wondered why the UK has criminalised polygamy which is commonly practised in Africa as a bad practice but has issues with Africans also criminalising homosexuality in their countries.
“...you are telling us that our law against homosexuality is “outdated” and discriminatory. What is the sense in this argument when UK has also criminalized polygamy, referring to it bigamy? Is that not discriminatory against some people? That is all there is to it, it is just lack of respect for what we in Africa and developing countries believe in”, he fumed.
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Even animals are wiser in this regard. Natural things should remain natural and insane ones should remain same. You can't justify insanity as natural.
correction...I mean fake prophets because there true men of God in the country.
Where is the Christian Council, Pentecostal Council and Charismatic Council doing in this last days. They will not say anything allowing the devil to push his agenda across Africa and Ghana. Are they really fighting to restore Christians values in this country or what? Where those fake pastors? These are some of the issues they must defend and not those fake doom prophesies for vain fame.
The crop of African leaders who attended this Commonwealth summit have made me miss the likes of Robert Mugabe. Nana Akufo-Addo is disgracing Ghana. He appears to be doing the bidding against us, Ghanaians. First it was the US, and now he couldn't even thumb up the stance of we, the people who voted him to be our mouth piece. What at least becomes of someone who sit for the likes of Mohamadu Buhari to help him trump out corruption in Ghana...Oh God! I can't but mention this 'Trump' man here again...After all his insinuations on us, as Ghanaians, is Nana Addo not pandering to him and his allies. We need a new crop of leaders in Africa.
Nana Addo and his NPP should come clear on this matter and stop beating about the ***barred word*** with their so many rhetorics. What are they afraid off ?
God bless Moses who is confronting the Pharaohs of the west trying to oppress us again this time around with male prostitution.We need to stand with dear Moses he is a true soldier of the bible. Am sorry for our President because former President Atta Mills stood against imperialist . tru-mu tru-mu is shameful,sinful,disgraceful and hellful at the end.God save the black man who is still in another form of slavery. commonwealth is another common slavery. Moses organise protest we are ready to march along side with you.
we have been begging these people for every thing and this is the price we are paying for. it's about time our leaders outline some pragmatic steps to liberate us from the economic hardships so that we can express our views to the White
THESE BRITISH ARE SUCH 1DIOTS. WHAT MAKES THEM THINK THEY ARE BETTER HUMANS THAN US? WHY HAVE THEY CRIMINALIZED POLYGAMY BUT PUSHING GAY STUFF ON US? SUCH CRASS ST*UPIDI*TY. WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THEM TO DEATH....LET THEM TRY ANY SILLY INTRODUCTION OF THIS LESS THAN ***barred word*** BEHAVIOUR.
@Yaw. You should be ashamed of your comment
Once upon a time, Ghana has one sensible man to stand up and talk the minds of many Ghanaians. Mr Moses God bless u. The whites are seeing as p_igs with soft a+nus so they can go ahead and enjoy their artificial sekz machines, sekz toyx, gaysms and lesbobos. Ghana is not interested. anyone seeing in Ghana with such acts "we will beat him and kill". ns3m fo b3n koraaa nso na 3ba wiase yi.