Sam George asserts homosexual people require mental and psychiatric care, cites historical medical classifications
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Sam George, co-sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, stated that homosexual people need medical and psychiatric attention. Speaking at the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values, Samuel Nartey George claimed that homosexuality was previously classified as a mental disorder in US medical and scientific references until its removal due to social campaigns, not scientific re-evaluation. He described homosexuality as a "mental aberration." George also urged Parliament to transmit the bill to President John Dramani Mahama for constitutional processes, arguing that Parliament's Standing Orders do not allow for reconsideration of a passed bill, and that Parliament's role concludes once a bill is passed, with the next step resting with the President.
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