Freddie Blay, the national chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has condemned the actions of some persons against the activities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) community in the country.
Speaking in an interview with Asaase Radio, Freddie Blay expressed disgust over the public outrage against LGBTQ+ activities in the country and called on the public to desist from such acts.
The former lawmaker called out what he perceives to be the hypocrisy of Ghanaians and expressed his complete rejection of the conduct of some Ghanaians against the LGBTQ+ community.
“If people want to be gays, it should be their own problem. I won’t go ahead to be a persecutor of those who want to be together as man and man or woman and woman,” the former MP said.
“I think there’s 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.
“I don’t subscribe to gayism as a choice because I’m not attracted by that, but I don’t want to go into people’s bedrooms. I don’t want to see what they are doing,” Blay said.
The comments by Freddie Blay come on the back of the destruction of a billboard that was allegedly projecting the activities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people in the metropolis.
The action came barely a week after a similar billboard that supposedly promoted LGBTQI+ activities was pulled down on the Accra-Tema Motorway.
The Tamale billboard bore the slogans “Love, tolerance and acceptance” and #WeAreAllGhana, along with colors usually associated with the LGBTQ+ community.
With the heightened atmosphere and campaign against the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana, the comments by Freddie Blay are expected to draw criticism and threats from some Ghanaians who have sworn to ensure that such practices are not allowed in the country.
The impending attacks and criticism could be extended to his family and security personnel in the camp of the NPP chairman. Usher Boah Erzoah, an officer of the Ghana Armed Forces and security aide to Freddy Blay is one of such persons whose life has come under threat following the comments by the NPP starlwat.
It is believed that some officers in the army who are aware of Mr Boah’s closeness with Freddy Blay have sent threatening messages to him following the comments.
Source: Alex Ofei-Kwayisi/Peacefmonline.com
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