Kenya rejects US gay rights agenda, what Obama said about it today

Kenya is an anti-gay country. Below is what President Obama
said when asked during a press conference this afternoon in
Nairobi what he thinks about gay rights in Kenya.
"The US believes in the principle of treating people equally
under the law and that they are deserving of equal protection
under the law.and that the state should not discriminate
against people based on their sexual orientation and I say
that recognizing that there may be people that have different
religious or cultural beliefs but the issue is how does the
state operate relative to people. You can look at the history
of people around the world. When you start treating people
differently not because of the harm they are doing to
anybody but because they are different, that's the path
whereby freedom is beginning to erode.
If somebody is a law abiding citizen who is going about their
business and not breaking any law and obeying the traffic
signs and doing all the things good citizens are supposed to
do and not harming anybody, the idea they are treated
differently based on who they love is wrong. Full stop."he
said
Below is Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta's response on
the issue
"The fact of the matter is Kenya and US share so many
values, democracy, entrepreneurship, family values. These
are things we share but there are some things we do not
share. Our culture our societies don't accept. Its very difficult
for us to be able to impose on people that which they
themselves do not accept. This is why I repeatedly say that
for Kenyans today, the issue of gayrights is really a non
issue. We want to focus on other areas that are day to day
living for our people. Our health issues as we have
discussed with president Obama. These are critical. Issues
of inclusivity of women, a key section of society that is
normally left out of the mainstream of economic
development. What we can do in terms of infrastructure,
Education, Roads, Power and Entrepreneurship. Maybe once
like you have overcome some of these challenges we can
begin to look at new once but the fact remains that this issue
is not one that is in the foremost minds of Kenyans and that
is the fact"he said

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