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Lynching gays is akin to jungle barbarism, the staunch anti-gay Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has said. Describing homosexuality as a �sickness�, Reverend Prof Emmanuel Martey said, even though same-sex relationships are �filthy, un-African and un-biblical�, no one had the right to pronounce instant justice or arbitrary death penalty on self-confessed gays. ��If somebody confesses to be a homosexual or somebody comes out of the closet, as they say, that doesn�t mean that the person should be lynched; that doesn�t mean that the person should be killed. We are not in the jungle�, he admonished. Rev Martey said gays, just as witches, are �sick� people who need healing not killing. ��Witchcraft is a sickness and homosexuality is also a sickness and you help the sick person to get healed so why should you rather kill�, he wondered. ��I am against homosexuality but that doesn�t mean that homosexuals should be lynched or should be maltreated; no that is not what the Bible teaches�, the Presby Moderator told Joy FM Monday.