"I've been consistent all across Africa on this. I believe in the principle of treating people equally under the law... and the state should not discriminate on people based on their sexual orientation," Obama said during a joint news conference with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"When you start treating people differently, that is the path whereby freedoms begin to erode and bad things happen."
"As a African-American in the United States I am painfully aware" of the consequences of discrimination, he told reporters.
Obama said the idea a person is discriminated against "because of who they love is wrong. Full stop. The state does not need to weigh in on religious doctrine."
AFP
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