Scottish Rev. apologizes to Mahama over MSPs gay protest

Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, Rev. David Robertson, has apologized to President John Dramani Mahama for the embarrassment he went through as a result of the gay rights protest that was staged by MSPs during his recent visit to Holyrood.

The Free Kirk Moderator described the behavior of MSPs as “rudeness and discourtesy” and for refusing to applaud Mr. Mahama after addressing the Scottish Parliament because of Ghana’s policies on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT).

In a publication carried by The Herald (www.heraldscotland.com) on March 22, 2016, the Scottish church leader singled out Tory leader, Ruth Davidson for criticism, insisting that she had not behaved in a manner against Chinese representatives during a recent, despite China banning images of homosexual couples in the national media.

“The leader of the Scottish Conservative Party refused to clap for the President and made her opposition public.

“In my view her actions, along with those of Patrick Harvie and some other MSPs, were rude, childish, hypocritical and indeed came with more than an alarming tinge of racism, that comes from the moral superiority of the white liberal elites, who just know that they are at the top of the progressive evolutionary tree.

“Ms Davidson belongs to and supports a party which gave a State welcome to the Chinese leader, whose policies on LGBT issues are not that much different from Ghana. For example the Chinese only this year banned images of homosexual couples in the Chinese media.

“Would the Tory leader object to the Chinese visiting the Scottish Parliament? Did she make representations to the British Government about the Chinese being given a State welcome to the UK last year? If not, why not?

“Why protest about Ghana and behave in such a rude and ignorant manner? I am all for standing up for principle, but not what it is selective and hypocritical”, Mr. Robertson was quoted as saying by the www.heraldscotland.com.

The Dundee-based minister added that the politicians’ action had actually backfired in Africa, with one campaigner stating Ghana did not need “a white saviour complex”.

He continued: “One LGBT activist in Ghana wrote about the harm their actions had done. But that is the trouble with our moralistic politicians.

“Not only do they want to impose their particular morals on their own people, they are so convinced of their superiority that they feel they have a right to impose them on the whole world. Liberal Colonialism is alive and well!”