A Ghanaian parent based in the USA, Neil Acheampong, has caused a massive stir on social media with a video of him “confronting” a USA School authority on a policy relating to the controversial LGBT issue. In what appears to be a “PTA meeting”, Mr. Acheampong questioned the authorities on why children are been allowed to make decisions about their sexuality without parental consent.
According to him, almost every decision and action of his ward in the school requires parental consent with the exception of this policy. He explained that it was not right for a teacher to decide for his child if his child can be transgender or not. According to him, this policy could lead to the creation of a generation who are more than confused. He revealed to the authorities present that he is a pastor and he had had several interactions with such confused people who made wrong decisions.
His “speech” at the meeting earned him a standing ovation. Even “white people” rose to applaud him. This is what he said. Ghanaian Parent Speaks On LGBT
“I am here as a concerned parent to speak in regard to policy 443. There is an issue that actually bothers me and I want to make that clear so that there can be a review of that policy in regard to the fact that asking my child if he or she can be a transgender. And also having a teacher or somebody else in this school helping my child to make the decision (of becoming transgender) without going through a parent is disturbing
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“I am a pastor and I take care of people. Sometimes, the temptation is to get caught up in regulations and policies. And we forget that regulations and policies are there to serve people. You, people, are there because of policies. You were elected because of people. And I respect the great work you do for this country. But I think this policy must be looked at again. Because if my 5-year-old is crossing a street, a parental instinct will be that, ‘I will never allow a child to cross a street by herself. Because the first line of safety for a child is his or her parent. And I believe we need to go back to those basic things. About a couple of weeks ago, my daughter was sick and they needed to give her some medication so they called me to come and give her the medication myself. So it seems that there is a requirement of parental consent except this (LGBT POLICY). So I am asking myself, what is going on here? I am seeing a door that is been opened up for predators who are gradually creeping into the educational system to destroy…”