Kenyans Criticise Obama For Pushing For "Gay" Rights In Africa

Kenyan Christians attending morning Mass at the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi on Sunday (July 26) criticised U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks on gay rights, made amid his visit to Kenya.

In a joint press conference at the Kenya's state house on Saturday, Obama told Africans that discriminating against gays was like treating people differently because of race, drawing criticism from anti-gay activists who said he was imposing his morality on the continent.

Kenya, in the same way as other African states, outlaws homosexuality and Deputy President William Ruto said in May that there was "no room" for gays in Kenya.

Despite the fact that numerous who went to Mass on Sunday said they were glad that Obama had at long last gone by his ancestral country, they said they couldn't help contradicting his perspectives on gay rights.

"Obama could be considering from another different perspective, you know, maybe from a secular point of view, secular point of view. But for us, we are talking on Christian point of view. That we continue to adhere to Gospel for marriage and family. We respect that is the family because we need, we have a family consists of a woman and a man, and of course the fruits of their coming together. The fruits of their marriage is having children," said priest, Peter Kamomoe.

Antagonists of gay laws regularly have wide open endorsement in African countries where numerous hold preservationist religious perspectives and see homosexuality as shameless.

Some African rights groups had asked Obama to tread circumspectly on the issue to abstain from aggravating general assessment. South Africa is the main African country to permit same-sex marriage.

Obama's remarks uncovered the gap on gay rights between Western states and religiously moderate Africa.