Thursday, March 28, 2024

Obama Discusses Issue of Gay Rights in Africa; Kenyan President Dismissive (WATCH)

obama & kenyatta
During a press conference in Kenya, President Obama and President Kenyatta disagreed over the importance of gay rights. Kenyatta went so far to say that the idea of gay rights is a “non-issue” for the people of Kenya.

*(Via USA Today) – President Obama called on African nations Saturday (in Nairobi, Kenya) to confer equal rights to gays and lesbians, kicking off his first full day in the nation by undertaking a topic that remains highly sensitive on the continent. Kenyan President Kenyatta dismissed the importance of gay rights, calling it a “non-issue” in the nation.

Speaking at a joint news conference after bilateral talks between the two leaders, Obama said he is “unequivocal” on the question of treatment of gay and lesbian citizens. “The idea that they are going to be treated differently or abused because of who they love is wrong,” Obama said.

Obama drew a parallel to the treatment of blacks in the United States during the period of segregation and Jim Crow laws, saying he is “painfully aware of the history when people are treated differently under the law.”

“That’s the path whereby freedoms begin to erode and bad things happen,” Obama said. “When a government gets in the habit of treating people differently, those habits can spread.”

Kenyatta was dismissive of the topic of gay rights, saying, “This issue is not on the foremost mind of Kenya — and that is a fact.”

Read/learn MORE at USA Today.


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