Obama Clashes With Kenyan Host, Urging Gay Rights Expansion
US President Barack Obama (L) and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta give a joint press conference afteir their talks at the State House in Nairobi on July 25, 2015. In a joint press conference after talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Obama 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. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Barack Obama urged African nations to abandon laws criminalizing homosexuality, clashing with his host in Kenya, who called gay rights a “non-issue” for Kenyans.
Obama compared anti-gay policies to racial segregation and said equal treatment for all groups is crucial to both economic growth and the fight against terrorism.