"I’d Rather Die Than Accept LGBTQ+ Practices" – Speaker Bagbin Vows to Pass Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has doubled down on his commitment to ensuring the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, declaring that it will pass even if it comes at great personal cost

Addressing the Ghanaian community in Côte d’Ivoire on January 21, Bagbin expressed his strong disapproval of same-sex relationships: "Nobody should joke with me when it comes to that area. I can lose my life because of that. It is better not to live than to live in that...

...society where man to man, woman to woman. What is that?" He reaffirmed his resolve to push the bill through Parliament, saying: "I’m determined to see this through quickly, hoping for passage this year. To me, it’s a matter of upholding moral principles, and I’m willing...

..to take a strong stance, even if it comes at great personal cost." Bagbin also criticized the former president’s refusal to sign the bill into law, calling it unconstitutional: "The LGBT bill was passed by Parliament, but the former president refused to assent to it, which

...was unconstitutional. According to our laws, the president doesn’t have the authority to reject a bill passed by Parliament." He emphasized Parliament’s legislative power: "Parliament holds the power to create laws, and the president’s refusal to assent was an overstep.

...Consequently, the former president faced consequences for this action, and I doubt anyone will make the same mistake again." The now expired 'Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill,' commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ bill, was passed by the 8th Parliament on February 28,..

...2024, but did not get presidential assent. It expired on January 6, 2025. The Speaker, who presided over it passage also as Speaker in the 8th Parliament, hopes to get it reintroduced and passed by the 9th Parliament.

Speaker Bagbin also said that he is going to write and attach the draft anti-LGBTQ law to the new Attorney General and Minister for Justice to review and add his comments - before sending it to President John Mahama for assent. He assured that "it will be passed this year."

In addition, Speaker Alban Bagbin also referred to LGBTQI+ as "anti-God."

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Is anyone stopping him from dying? It is ridiculous how people spend time and efforts on issues of other people’s privacy. There are much more pressing issues to engage with. Now that the USA is stopping majority of their fundings, aren’t afrikan leaders who have always been begging supposed to begin to think deeper about development and future…

@76Crimes @Mambaonline @PinkNews @WashBlade @PGAction @Global_Equality @Equality_Caucus @HumanistsGH @OutrightIntl @MsLadyPhyll This makes it at least the second time he is saying that he would rather die than accept (which no one is asking him to) accept LGBTQI+ practices in Ghana.