‘Ghanaians must reject homosexuality

Rev Dr Duncan Nuakoh, the head pastor of Emmanuel Assemblies of God Church at Asafo in Kumasi, has urged President John Mahama to be bold and take a firm stance against same-sex marriage and other immoral sexual relationships being pushed on countries for their legalisation.

Rev Nuakoh described as unfortunate that iniquity has destroyed the moral consciousness of many nations of the world while many world leaders looked on unconcerned with several others tolerating the vice.

“In Leviticus 18:1-30 of the Holy Bible, we see how God gave us moral laws and registered His displeasure to the vice. God stated emphatically and I quote “You shall not lie with a male as a woman. It is an abomination (Lev. 18:22),” he said.

He opined that nations or individuals that tolerate an act described as abominable by God becomes an enemy of God; it attracts a curse that transcends generations and a severe punishment from God, including separation from God.

The Kumasi-based pastor who spoke to the DAILY GUIDE in an interview mentioned that people lose their significance, attract curses and become an arch-enemy of God when they disobey the warnings of God.

The clergyman said Ghana is a blessed nation and cannot go back into slavery, insisting that the people of Ghana cannot exchange the peace they are currently enjoying with the wrath of God.

“It will be very pathetic and surprising to see our dear nation which was once hailed as a model for other countries across the sub-region to go down the drain and be cursed by God because of negligence and failure of leaders of the nation and its inhabitants to hold on to what has kept the nation this far and compromise to abominable laws,” he said.

In the traditional setting of the nation, he said it is even a taboo for a man to have an affair with his sister. The belief is that whoever does so incurs the wrath of the gods and cannot go unpunished.

He underscored how both Christians and Muslims frown on homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality and the rest which breed moral decadence.

Quoting Genesis 2:28, the man of God said the Creator in His infinite wisdom created man (Adam) and created a woman out of man and brought the woman (Eve) to Adam when he saw it was not good for man to be alone and wanted them to procreate.

“The question is; why is the original intention of God now being sacrificed for something else that attracts punishment from Him? Why same-sex marriage now? Where is the image of God? Where is this world heading towards?” he quizzed.

He took a swipe at countries that make their presidents swear either by the Bible or Qur’an when they are being sworn into office, yet fail to abide by their teachings.

America, he said, has on its dollar currency an inscription, ‘In God we trust’ with most of its erstwhile presidents making outstanding statements about the Bible, chiefly among them, George Washington, who said, “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without the Bible.”