Today in history: Homosexuality 'lunatic behaviour' – Baako

Today marks exactly four years when the Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako stated that homosexuality is an act of people suffering from chronic mental disorder.

According to him, he is personally intolerant of homosexuality and he believes that it should not be encouraged in the country.

"…When it comes to these things, I am illiberal, I don't think we should do anything to promote that lunatic behaviour, in my candid opinion, it's a personal thing,” he said.

Mr. Baako made the statement in reaction to the pro-gay Scottish minority MPs' boycott of Mr. John Dramani Mahama's speech on March 17, 2016, which was an act to express their displeasure with the former Ghanaian president and the country's anti-gay laws.

He added that he is very traditional, and not reformed when it comes to matters of homosexuality, and as a result he completely frowns upon the act.

"I am not progressive when it comes to these things. I am highly conservative, I am against it [homosexuality],” he said.

Ghana's laws do not expressly mention homosexuality but frown on "unnatural carnal knowledge", which is defined as penile penetration of any other part of the body except the vagina. Apart from Ghana's laws, the country's culture also frowns on lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.

The Pan-Africa ILGA’s 5th Annual Regional Conference which is a gay, lesbian and transgender conference scheduled for July 27 to July 31, 2020 in Ghana has received a lot of backlash by a vast majority of the population.

Read the original story published by GhanaWeb on March 19, 2016

Homosexuality is a lunatic behaviour, journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jr. has said.

"…When it comes to these things, I am illiberal, I don't think we should do anything to promote that lunatic behaviour, in my candid opinion, it's a personal thing.

"I'm not progressive when it comes to these things. I am highly conservative, I am against it [homosexuality]", the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper told Samson Lardy Anyenini on Joy FM's news analysis programme Newsfile on Saturday March 19, during a discussion about the Scottish minority MPs' recent boycott of President John Mahama's address to their country's parliament on Thursday 17 March.

The pro-gay Scottish minority MPs' boycott of Mr Mahama's speech was an act to express their displeasure with the Ghanaian president and his country's anti-gay laws.

Ghana's laws do not expressly mention homosexuality but frown on "unnatural carnal knowledge", which is defined as penile penetration of any other part of the body except the vagina. Apart from Ghana's laws, the country's culture also frowns on lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.