Soldiers of God | VPRO Documentary

Stringent anti-gay legislation is sweeping across Africa like a peat fire. Not only dictatorships like Uganda want to crack down on the LGBTQIA+ community, but now democracies like Ghana as well. In this episode of 'Frontline', Bram Vermeulen tries to find out what the driving forces are behind this culture war.
Bram goes out with parliamentarian Samuel 'Dzata' George who is hard at work lobbying for high prison sentences. George turns out to be in close contact with an evangelical and conservative group in Utah, the United States, which organizes congresses and mobilizes parliamentarians in many African countries.
The LGBTQIA+ community in Ghana faces a diabolical dilemma. Go into hiding, leave the country or fight back? The number of violent incidents against gays, queers and transgender people appears to have increased significantly since the bill was passed. This is prompting more and more people in the LGBTQIA+ community to be cautious. Only a handful of people continue to fight and rebel against the law at the risk of their lives.
VPRO Documentary publishes a new subtitled documentary every two weeks, investigating current affairs, finance, sustainability, climate change or politics. Subscribe to our channel, and we will be delighted to share our adventures with you!
This Channel is part of VPRO broadcast. Make sure to visit our additional youtube channels:
VPRO Metropolis: / vprometropolis
VPRO World Stories: / vproworldstories (no longer active)
VPRO Extra: / @vproextra3443
VPRO VG (world music): / vrijegeluiden
VPRO 3voor12 (alternative music): / 3voor12
VPRO 3voor12 extra (music stories): / @3voor12extra7
More info at www.VPRObroadcast.com

[@JM-st1le]

I do agree that poverty is a more pressing problem than LGBT+ rights. Its a more universal problem. If things get better, I guess more people will pay attention

[@zoenagy9458]

gay think they own the planet, and deserve everything like kings

[@adohmnail6445]

Good. There is no reason to promote that ideology.

[@johnsmith1474]

Violent freak you are.

[@effaforkuorichmond9934]

The lady is yellow is real. Majority of us (Ghanaians) don't really care about the issue now. It will really become a matter of concern in years to come. But until then, you can be pretty sure the act cannot and will not be legalized.

[@zoenagy9458]

GOOD!

[@petiboard3098]

No need to go as far as Ghana. Next time you can do a very similar reportage from Slovakia, Poland or Hungary..

[@johnsmith1474]

"Sin is geographical." - Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel laureate (1872-1970)

[@kevinoduor9841]

pasta sempa is whats missing in this documentary

[@dionysise5008]

😂😂😂😂

[@johnsmith1474]

Are you 13?

[@johnsmith1474]

"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." Steven Weinberg.

[@evelyncraig7243]

Do they forget .God made all in his image .So can tell what was god's image .was he white black.yellow Brown..was he a he .or a she was he straight or gay .Does anyone even know as no one in any bible has ever seen what God looks like .

[@johnsmith1474]

I presume god looks like Casper the Ghost, but with Santa's red outfit. Only makes sense.

[@natepolitics1490]

Read the bible goof ball. In my image of what god wants us to look like. Not you all going to look exactly like god as if god claimed in the bible that he is 6.6 ft tall black man.

[@camuspremier8414]

accra

[@redfern_mike]

bearing false witness is a sin preacher man, and so is hate.

[@natepolitics1490]

Im sure the gay people hates religion more than the religion hates them

[@andrealeobons]

Unless Gana is following Jewish Law from the times of Moses (which would make them 2nd century BC Jewish not Christian since we are bound by another covenant) killing or even imprisoning of gay people is wrong. And even in Deuteronomy it doesn’t say anything about what you are, it is always action based and you have to present at least two witnesses. A men dressing as a woman or homosexuality as an act is wrong (for Christians) not because anyone in this documentary feel like this or like that, it’s wrong because it displeases God. Period. Our feelings or opinions have nothing to do with it. (Atheists don’t understand this of course and think it’s ridiculous and that’s fine, you follow your gods and we will follow ours.) Believers try their best to show their gratitude doing what pleases God. But we all fall short and we are blessed by Jesus grace and mercy that has died for our sins. That being said to obey and love God you must have free will, how are this politician helping these souls? From what we read in the New Testament we should treat others with love and most of all in Truth. I understand voting against woke agendas and trying to normalize LGBTetc culture but persecuting, beating or even treating people badly is not Christian. As the very wise old saying goes love the sinner hate the sin. Many people seem to put homosexuality above other sexual sins or even sins like greed or lying. It is not. That really annoys me. And we should treat the people around us with grace just like Christ did and explain the Gospel so they have the choice to repent and do their best (as we do) to live to please him. Also homosexuality is not special at all. Fornication is just as bad in the eyes of God and marriage is between a men and a woman so ANY sexual relationship besides marriage is wrong for those who follows Christ. It is sad that many Christians overemphasize just the homosexuality part and forget the rest. How many of them do not fornicate? Are the Government of Ghana also imprisoning fornicators and adulterers? In my opinion, it is not the Law that will save your country, Ghana, much less this ill guided law (although the intentions might be good) your politicians invented. It is the grace of God through the work of the Holy Spirit we can overcome our sins, not making other people’s lives hell. Spreading the Gospel in those communities and reminding them that God loves them (just like those adorable missionaries that VPRO clearly despised ) will be much more beneficial to expand the Kingdom of God, the only job Jesus gave us. PS: VPRO should be ashamed of themselves to call this documentary Soldiers of God. Anyone who has read the bible knows that the cruelty the people who beat and torture those young men is not of God. And it seems to me that the channel was making a case for restricting free speech (if they had a say in Ghana’s politics but that wouldn’t be a surprise since many European countries already do that with their hate speech laws) for those who disagree with its moral standings which is disgusting. PS 2: I hope Christianity and the Church continue to expand in all Africa and who knows maybe even Europe.

[@JM-st1le]

The Mormons agree that there are people who feel attraction to the same gender but say what they believe is that marriage should be between male and female. How does that even address the issue? To say this is what my religion says completely ignoring the reality. I could just as easily claim my religion says the opposite, now what?

[@natepolitics1490]

its not an issue for religion. Its only an issue to the gay community

[@ermazepba8280]

Christ homosexual ?????? Came on.

[@petergray453]

they was trans, you bigot.

[@ayumelove]

jesus was gay for sure.

[@tanguyalouya9088]

The last girl in yellow said it all

[@dansaber4427]

You can be LGBT and Christian 👨‍❤️‍👨

[@zoenagy9458]

No you can't, ask the Pope

[@dansaber4427]

@@zoenagy9458 wrong

[@dansaber4427]

@@zoenagy9458 God created everyone with a unique orientation. As unique as your God-Given fingerprints. No Two are the same. One of the letters is for you. You are included. No exceptions. Zero excuses.

[@DanSme1]

First, the Dutch commentator totally fail to explain how slavery is indigenous to tribal societies in Africa as well as the ancient Middle East. Slavery pre-dates European colonialism. It was Christianity in Europe and America (the Abolitionist Movement) that put an end to the trade, through a long hard struggle.

[@johnsmith1474]

The vid is not about slavery, and your take on it's history is unlearned. Slavery of people without regard to their race, but as victims of war conquest was endemic in every area of the world since ancient times, including pre-Roman Europe, Ancient Greece and it's outliers, Rome, China, the earliest Caliphates and even pre-Euro Americas. It is the Bible's Old Testament that originally condoned the enslavement of Black people as a logical outcome of the Curse of Ham. Christianity has been a supporting premise for torture, murder, conquest, domination and colonialism itself and was by no means the motivation to end slavery. It was not Christianity but the beginning of the adoption of civil rights by the British via humanist legal processes that cut the Atlantic slave trade. Until that point in 1812 the owners of slave trading ships and enterprises included many of the most righteous Christians in European business. In the Americas where slaves had been brought they were thenceforth bred, under very Christian ownership. Your post lacks depth & gravitas.