Terchire Chief vows to banish Gays and Lesbians from his Community

Nana Oko Agyemang Boakye II, the Chief of Terchire in the Tano North Municipality, has vowed to banish persons caught engaging in same-sex marriage in his community, saying that act is not only barbaric, unnatural and alien also contrary to traditional norms.

Nana said going strictly by the traditional values and teachings, regarding the non-negotiable prohibition of same-sex, the Terchire community in Ghana remained resolutely opposed to any attempt to legalise homosexuality as a way of life and asked the government to criminalise the practice.

Nana Oko Agyemang Boakye II, noted this when the Catholic Bishop for the Goaso Diocese, Most Rev, Peter Kwaku Atuahene paid a courtesy call on him at his palace to familiarise with him.

Most Rev Peter Kwaku Atuahene, the Catholic Bishop for the Goaso Diocese in his remarks said the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has already issued a communique to the government not to succumb to pressures to legitimize the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQI) rights in Ghana and therefore urged the traditional authorities to throw their weight against the act.

Sulley Dramani, Ahafo Region