Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye, the Speaker of Parliament on Sunday said over liberalism and dilution of the gospel by some ‘supposed’ men of God have escalated homosexuality.
He said such teachers of the gospel interpret the Bible according to their beliefs, thoughts and perception and that is why some homosexuals have been encouraged to take their relationships to the church for blessings.
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He condemned the act, saying it was a way Satan has adopted to pollute the minds and works of Christians and destroy the fundamentals of God’s creation, which is the family.
Prof Ocquaye said this during the launch of the 2019 Convention by the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International (FGBMFI), Ghana in Accra with an aim of winning 3,000 souls for Christ across the country.
He reiterated that no fundamentalist would defend homosexuality on the basis of human rights.
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On the part of Members
of Parliament (MPs), he said he was amazed at how much they supported him in
opposing the legalisation of homosexuality in the country, saying, he had
intended to resign if members had approved the legalisation of the same sex
relation.
As a country, Prof
Ocquaye said the beliefs, attitudes, and morals of the citizenry were deteriorating
and not improving.
“Our bad conducts as a people should be changed with the Lord’s values,” he said.
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On the rights of
women, the Speaker of Parliament said it should be championed vehemently and
called on the FGBMFI to advocate for an enactment of an Affirmative Law.
Mr George Prah, the
National President of the FGBMFI said when the conduct of people from the more
progressing countries were analysed, it was observed that majority adhered to
the principles of life such as ethical behaviour, integrity, responsibility,
and respect for laws and regulations.
Others were respect
for each other, the love for work, the effort to save and invest, the will to
be productive and punctuality.
However, he said it
was unfortunate how only a small minority followed such principles in the less
progressive countries like Ghana.
“We are not poor
because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel to us. We are
poor because we lack attitude and the will to follow, teach and apply these
principles of working in our market places,” he said.
Mr Prah noted that the present time was no ordinary one but a time in which the Gospel of Christ needed to be used to positively impact the nation.
Source: GNA
