{"id":41275,"date":"2022-06-19T20:21:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T20:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=41275"},"modified":"2022-06-19T20:22:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T20:22:12","slug":"outcry-over-lgbtq-in-ghana-needless-allow-them-says-npp-chairman-freddie-blay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=41275","title":{"rendered":"Outcry Over LGBTQ+ In Ghana Needless, Allow Them \u2013 Says NPP Chairman Freddie Blay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Freddie Blay, the national chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the recent furore over activities of the&nbsp;LGBTQI+&nbsp;community in Ghana is unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mark Pride month, LGBTQ+ activists mounted billboards in the capital Accra and two other cities with the inscription \u201cLove, Tolerance and Acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights activists in Ghana are protesting after a crowd, urged on by some MPs and opinion leaders, tore down the&nbsp; billboards that promoted tolerance toward the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking on&nbsp;A<em>saase Radio&nbsp;<\/em>(17 June), Blay said there is too much hypocrisy surrounding the issue in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf people want to be gays, it should be their own problem. I won\u2019t go ahead to be a persecutor of those who want to be together as man and man or woman and woman,\u201d the former MP said.<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cI think there\u2019s too much hypocrisy about it. Emotions have been excited over it to the extent that we are not sober over it. I honestly do not see the hullabaloo about it. We should allow them if they want to.<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cI don\u2019t subscribe to gayism as a choice because I\u2019m not attracted by that, but I don\u2019t want to go into people\u2019s bedrooms. I don\u2019t want to see what they are doing,\u201d Blay said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: asaaseradio.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion\/advertisement? Submit them via our email\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freddie Blay, the national chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the recent furore over activities of the&nbsp;LGBTQI+&nbsp;community in Ghana is unnecessary. 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