US President Barack Obama on Saturday called for gay rights in Africa, comparing homophobia to racial discrimination he had encountered in the United States.
In a joint press conference after talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Obama also pushed a tough message on Kenyan corruption, the civil war in South Sudan, controversial elections in Burundi and the fight against Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants.
“I’ve been consistent all across Africa on this. When you start treating people differently, because they’re different, that’s the path whereby freedoms begin to erode. And bad things happen,” he said in a moment of open disagreement with the Kenyan leader.
“When a government gets in the habit of treating people differently those habits can spread. As an African-American in the United States I am painfully aware of what happens when people are treated differently under the law. I am unequivocal on this.”
He said that for “a law-abiding citizen who is going about their business, and working at a job and obeying the traffic signs and not harming anybody, the idea they will be treated differently or abused because of who they love is wrong, full stop.”
Homophobia is on the rise in Africa, and for his part Kenyatta only repeated that for him, gay rights was “a non-issue.”
“There are some things that we must admit we don’t share. It’s very difficult for us to impose on people that which they themselves do not accept. This is why I say for Kenyans today the issue of gay rights is really a non-issue,” Kenyatta said.
Obama arrived in Kenya late on Friday, making his first visit to the country of his father’s birth since he was elected president.
- Daily Times Extract
Obama why are you a witch?
ReplyDeleteThis man should stop already nau abi na by force.... Shak!
DeleteIts jst a matter of time, Africa will give in.
DeletePls ask him again..he is a sanyas
DeleteBiko osino gini??
DeleteLol
DeleteHmmmm
DeletePls Africans shouldn't legalise gay marriage! It's weird*
But don't criminalise it! It's cruel*
Obama plis come and be going o it haff do for you
DeleteIt won't work for you obama.
DeleteThis is not America where everything goes.
The anti-Christ is here.
DeleteObama them send u come? Fucking ass banger
ReplyDeleteObama I'm sure isn't for the gay people, if he had to speak his mind as an individual and not as President. But his position has left him non other choice than to please the majority of those who align with the situation. I trust that in his quiet moments he would cuss the gay people out. Lol. Thank God he's not running for office again.. so no gain or loss as per his popularity
DeleteSisi eko we understand he is his speaking his mind as a president but why force it down our throats
DeleteAre there no better things for him to talk about than this gay rubbish... This situation is beginning to get me irritated!
Please someone should tell Obama to go and plead for Gay Rights in China and North Korea #AfricanSayNoToGayism #PleaseLeaveAfricanAndPastorsOutOfIt
DeletePlease Someone should tell Obama to go and Plead for Gay Rights in China and North Korea #AfricanSayNoToGayism #PleaseLeaveAfricanAndPastorsOutOfIt
DeleteThe truth is that Obama had to sell out to get a second term in office. I still remember his position on gay rights in te beginning of his administration and the analogy he gave, using himself as a father and his daughters.
DeleteAll ye faggot and fag lovers alike, get it into your thick skulls, we (Africa) will never accept it. Simple!
Obama is gay. Nd uld b shocked dat michelle(micheal) is a tramp queen. Joan rivers said Michelle is a tranny befre she died. Nd yes its all over d internet
DeleteThe way he is going about it is alarming @Sisi eko. Please majority my ass! Did the majority imposed it on him to start spreading the gay message in Africa?
DeleteKenyatta's reply was epic....
ReplyDeleteAzzin eh. Still indifferent. Dont care...
DeleteThis is truly uwa mmebi. Seems this Obama is an agent of darkness. Why plead with other countries to accept this nonsense. May our children not grow up to think this is the norm of the present day society. Biko. This is absolutely ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteWonders shall never end.
ReplyDeleteSee me o..Obama na by force?
ReplyDeleteNow I am begining to see this man as an 'Anti-christ'.
ReplyDeleteJesus Christ, pls come now.
*GrabsMyHolyBible&RushesOuttaTheHouse*
Pls oh, he should not come yet oh. I never marry and I never born. I never drop kids for school, pick them up, I never commot dis country. Abeg, make he tarry a while longer.
DeleteHahahaha @ last paragraph
Delete@ Eka Joy, let not ur heart be troubled. Lollll
DeleteZizzy da ginger. *wink wink*
Lmao @Manna Bee
DeleteNo wonder @eka. Local inexposed breed.
DeleteU haven't been on a plane or outta Nigeria?
Shit, now I wud never argue wiv u on dis blog again
**Adaorah**
baba yi ya were ni? he should not let them stone him o.obama face your country abeh!
ReplyDeleteShey u never stay finish mk u dey go back? U don overstay ur welcome mr barrack
ReplyDeleteBut what's Obama's own in this na. .abi e get wetin dey for am if gay right is approved in Africa?
ReplyDeleteWhy does he want to give himself hypertension. .
Obama it will not work
ReplyDeleteSigns of the end of the world. Read revealations deeply. It's all clearly stated. In the midst of war and famine, Obama is busy preaching gay rights??? Is this the world priority? See what our children will grow up to see as a normal way of life!!! Gush!
ReplyDeleteAre you in anyway related to Prof Ogundipe, of the department of botany Unilag?
DeleteAfrica is faced wit bigger problems such as poverty and war... this issue of gay right shld be not be added to our problems
ReplyDeleteGerrra here in igbo si eba puo......EP
ReplyDeleteIs he sent frm the pit of hell? He shd go and park well
ReplyDeleteWhat is this man own with this gay right? We no want,na wetin!
ReplyDeleteAha Obama.
ReplyDeleteWhy must Africans join you nau.
Biko leave us alone.
God will greatly punish dis agent of d devil! Why try to force it down oda ppl's throat? Do it In ur side n leave africa alone. Now I know dat dis gay rights rubbish is truly Obama's assignment, dis is wot he was sent to do by his master. Devil incarnate! N to think we all rejoiced at his winning d election. Tueh!
ReplyDeleteobama i will slap you ooooo!
ReplyDeleteI once heard someone say,after Obama was inaugurated that he is the anti christ and he will pursue it
ReplyDeleteAm begining to dislike this Obama guy. Is it by force. Haba
ReplyDeleteDis man is crazy.
ReplyDeleteHow would like to be treated differently because of ur tribe, or complexion or height or even because of who you married? Think about that for a moment. Then you can call Obama names.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights doesn't mean acceptance
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DeleteHe's saying it's not right to impose to pple wat dey don't accept abi?ok so,it's d same deal',in Africa we don't accept homosexuality!can u just let us be and have peace Mr Obama?#warris all dese?
ReplyDeleteI wonder why America thinks everything they do is right and must be embraced by the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteAfricans have said no to homosexuality why can't Obama understand that and let us be?
Enough of this gay rights nonsense already.
Bia Obama, no let lightning strike you there.
ReplyDeleteLeave us the heck alone.
Ogini bu ihe a?
#WhiteDiamondOut
Hian! Na by force??
ReplyDeleteGOD will surely judge u.
ReplyDeleteMr Obama,cos i like u.and cos i have made ma stand known on dis issue before now,i am gonna be quiet now.
ReplyDeleteAnd more so,cos i like u.i really really like u.
So ama Let it go.
Buh not before i ask u to RETRACE ur Steps.ask For Forgiveness from God.and from d people u have misled.
Don't worry, he will visit this blog and read this
DeleteLol. Quicksilver, u no serious at all.
DeleteHe's on a mission to bring about the one world government. I already knew that he had a pact with the devil when he, an African-American emerged the president of the most powerful country in the world. He has to fulfill the oaths he took
ReplyDeleteObama is over doing this gay thing joor. He had better retrace his steps before it becomes too late. He has already incurred the wrath of God upon the US, he is still talking because God hasn't destroyed them like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. #Godhavemercy
ReplyDeleteTheir law should allow a man to marry more than one wife na? That's equality too. He should shove that idea down his throat because it won't work especially in Nigeria because the bible is our standard.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with this man sef? Them send you? If yes, tell them say u no see us. Is it by force? Face ur US of A and leave Africa alone. Na wa o.
ReplyDeleteWe all know it's bad but looking at it from an angle, they r not forcing any1 into it. Just let them be. That's all. BUT if u come close to any of my family and try that gay ish, ozu gi ga la aka ala muo!!!
ReplyDeleteGod is the only judge.
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OBAMA is the antichrist.
ReplyDeleteOBAMA is the antichrist.
ReplyDeleteObama should grant every gay the visa to come to america, since it has become gayland. Leave africa alone, we don't need more of western pollution to corrupt our continent. We already have enough drama to deal with...
ReplyDeleteHmm barrack you want to turn africa to sodom and gomorrah? It won't work ooo...
ReplyDeleteHe seems to be trying his luck in Africa
ReplyDeleteHe seems to be trying his luck in Africa
ReplyDeleteOnly God can judge
ReplyDeleteWetin dey worry Obama with this gay thingy? Abeg free Africa.
ReplyDeleteGuys cool down. Its not him, he is just doing his job ordered by Zionist family who owned the world, called Rothschild's. You know who they are Google it and do your research. Obama is just a dummie taking orders from the top from Rothschild new world order agenda which includes pushing the gay agenda down our throats. Read and do your own research
ReplyDeleteThe world is coming to an end. Obama is the Anti-Christ!
ReplyDeleteknowing the truth but forcing ur own nation to believe in lies
ReplyDelete,,is very very very wronge obama
Russian hours are ringing
ReplyDeleteputin a real man
ReplyDeleteputin a real man
ReplyDeletei think we have other pressing needs than this gay law ish.....
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