Joshua Jebuntie Zaato, a social scientist, challenged the predominant tale in discussions of LGBTQ rights. According to Zaato, framing the argument as being about human rights is deceptive because it implies that there are more fundamental values, interests, and social motivations at play.
Zaato, who was speaking on the Forum on Asaase 99.5 Saturday (2 March), contends that the global discussion on LGBTQ+ issues has been mistakenly draped in the guise of human rights. Contrary to popular belief, he asserts that conflicting beliefs, different objectives, and firmly held political beliefs are at the core of the problem.
The political analyst pointed out the LGBTQ+ debate’s lack of universality by focusing on its ideological and theoretical foundations.
He argued that proponents neglect the complex cultural and societal contexts that influence attitudes toward LGBTQ+ rights globally by framing it only as a human rights issue.
“The assertion that it is to protect human rights has been falsely applied to the global or universal discourse about LGBTQ+. It has been made to appear to be concerned with human freedom in false clothing. I disagree with that important claim.
“LGBTQ+… is not concerned with human rights.” It has never been. It’s about elections, passions, and beliefs. So these are the driving forces behind it,” Zaato said, “wherever you see it being done, wherever you see it being promoted.”
“It is also an intellectual and intellectual question, which implies that it is not common and that it is not concerned with human rights. You are saying that there is uniformity and we all agree on it, but we don’t when you make it appear like it’s about human rights. They claim that conservatism means upholding Judeo-Christian values, and that is true if you listen to the liberal argument quite nicely.”
Additionally, Zaato suggested that using a suitable tactic to advance certain agendas to label contentious issues like LGBTQ+ rights as human rights-related issues.
He claimed that supporters of the human rights brand correctly put dissenters on the defensive, making it difficult to oppose without coming across as morally repugnant.
“Dominant forces and dominant players can take any subject and one day clothe it in human rights and go and pursue it because it’s difficult for anyone to say, ‘Oh, I’m against human rights,’ so the moment you put the human rights stamp or label on it, they put anyone else who is opposed to it on the defensive, and that is what you’ve seen.”
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