Gays have rights & must be respected – Oye Lithur
Nana Oye Lithur, Human Rights lawyer A Human Rights lawyer, Nana Oye Lithur, has stated that President Mills’ denouncement of gayism does not set aside the guaranteed constitutional rights of all persons including homosexuals in Ghana. She said irrespective of the President’s abhorrence of homosexuality and Ghana’s cultural and social stigma against it, gays do not infringe on any legal or constitutional provisions while exercising their sexual preference. She said Ghana’s laws and Criminal Code are silent on homosexuality. In his recent response to British Premier David Cameron’s aid cut threat to anti-gay countries, President Mills said decisively that he will never legalise homosexuality. However, in an interview with Citi News on Thursday, Oye Lithur said the president is entitled to his opinion, but underscored the need to also respect the hum