The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has expressed his displeasure at the United States of America’s Vice President, Kamara Harris, for telling Ghanaians homosexuality is a human right issue.

According to Most Rev Mathew Kwasi Gyamfi, the US Vice President “has no moral right to tell us what to do.” 

The president of the Catholic Bishops said this in an interview on 'The Citizen Show' hosted by Kwabena Bobie Ansah on Accra 100.5 FM on Wednesday 29, 2023.

He noted that: “gayism and lesbianism is foreign to our culture and must, therefore, not be encouraged, hence, the anticipation that the anti-gay bill will be passed. 

“We know what is good for us and we don’t need the US Vice President to tell us what to do.”

He argued that there are things Ghanaians 'we do here which are not accepted in the United States of America.

''Here, even though the majority are Christians, it is acceptable for people to marry more than one woman which is accepted by our culture. But this same act in the USA is a crime,'' he said.

He stated that the decision against homosexuality is a collective one.

“Ghanaians don’t like homosexuality and they won't exchange it for money,” he stressed.

He reprimanded President Akufo-Addo for failing to echo the feelings of Ghanaians to the US Vice President concerning the acceptance of LGBTQ+.

According to him, the anti-gay bill laid in Parliament on the Promotion of Proper Sexual and Family Values is fully supported by the Catholic church, the Pentecostal council and the Islamic community.   

“We don’t need LGBTQ+ activities,” he said, adding that there is no doubt Ghanaians frown on the practice.

“No Christian accepts LGBTQ+ even though its practice has been [described] in the Bible,” he said.

“If someone says he or she is gay or lesbian in a church, we are not saying such a person should be jailed or killed. All we are saying is that the practice is frowned upon by our culture,” he clarified.

He further warned that the president Akufo-Addo cannot change the collective decision of Ghanaians.