I’m certain the President felt slighted in Kenya, his father’s homeland.
Though Kenyans warned the President to steer clear of promoting gay marriage, at a joint press conference with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Obama lectured the Country on its stringent laws against homosexual behavior. In his remarks, President Obama said,
“When you start treating people differently not because of any harm they are doing to anybody, but because they are different, that’s the path whereby freedoms begin to erode, and bad things happen.”
The President added that when a Government treats others differently, it can be habitual, citing his own struggles of growing up an African American male. If President Obama believed Kenyatta would kowtow to his agenda, he underestimated the resolve of the Kenyan people. The Kenyan President responded,
“The fact of the matter is Kenya and the U.S. share so many values: common love for democracy, entrepreneurship, value for families — these are some things that we share, but there are some things that we must admit we don’t share. Our culture, our societies don’t accept. It is very difficult for us to be able to impose on people that which they themselves do not accept.”
Here in America, the Obama Administration operates under a different ideology, one more suited for a hedonistic socialist society. The President caters to the gay agenda, congratulating them on their heroism, while Christians refusing to recognize the unions are labeled as homophobic and intolerant. In today’s political climate, Christians owning businesses face the tough decision of standing firm on principle or shuttering their doors to dodge the strong arm tactics of the radical gay agenda. The radicals rally around the mantra, “Recognize my marriage, or else…”
So much for the tolerant Left.
Before arriving in Kenya, many pastors and politicians wrote a letter to President Obama urging him to leave gay rights out of his visit’s agenda. One pastor wrote,
“The family is the strength of the nation. If the family is destroyed, then the nation is destroyed. So we don’t want to open doors for our nation to be destroyed.”
I only wish our Country’s leaders embraced this ideology. It appears many in America forget God’s handling of Sodom and Gomorrah, and with the recent ruling in the nation’s highest court, they point to the legality of homosexual unions. Just because the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage doesn’t eliminate the Bible’s teaching on homosexual behavior.
Kenya gets it. America doesn’t.
I never thought I’d say that.
July 27, 2015 at 6:56 pm
This is ridiculous. Literally all we as gay people are asking for is EQUALITY. Why does our marriage concern you? It’s not your life. I disagree with the steep penalties Christian businesses may get. But this is now the law, and everyone must obey the law. There is no intolerance there. If someone decided to break in and steal stuff and complain that the police are intolerant for arresting them, everybody would scoff at them. Because they are breaking the law. The law must be obeyed no matter what.
I also don’t understand the “gay agenda” … I really didn’t know there was one. We are not out to get Christians. Some of us are Christians. We aren’t trying to shove our gayness down your throat. We’re just trying to help others like us feel more accepted. All we’re asking for is acceptance, and so far we haven’t gotten that.
July 27, 2015 at 7:16 pm
Yes, there is an agenda. Homosexual activists are trying to normalize their lifestyle, forcing everyone to accept their chosen path. If people decide to hold fast to the Bible and its teaching on homosexuality, activists don’t operate with the ideology of “live and let live.” No, they set out to ruin them. THIS is what’s intolerant.
July 27, 2015 at 7:23 pm
You do understand that not everyone abides by the bible, right? Not everyone has the same religion, therefore the laws should not be dictated by one particular religion.
Intolerant? Why not, we’re intolerant of your intolerance. You don’t understand how hurtful your behavior is to homosexual people. I grew up in a Christian home, had Christian friends, went to church etc. The way people have treated me because of this one simple thing has been ruining my life. I don’t want to live anymore, especially around those who hate me. You act like you do nothing wrong, yet you demonise us for who we are. We cannot change who we are. Do you seriously think that it’s ok for Kenya to put homosexuals in jail? Do you think it’s ok for people to be killed because they are gay? Homosexuality harms nobody. We are not perverts. We are not pedophiles and rapists. Yes, there are some that are. But there are many more straight people that are pedophiles and rapists as well. We are simply attracted to those of the same gender. If that is something worthy of death or jail time, then I question your morals.
July 28, 2015 at 5:43 pm
Not everyone believes the Bible, but that doesn’t negate its truth. I’m not judging you or anyone else in the gay lifestyle, we’re all sinners in need of Christ’s forgiveness. However, no one should be forced to accept a lifestyle that’s been defined as sinful for thousands of years. By the way, God loves you.
July 28, 2015 at 5:43 pm
Not everyone believes the Bible, but that doesn’t negate its truth. I’m not judging you or anyone else in the gay lifestyle, we’re all sinners in need of Christ’s forgiveness. However, no one should be forced to accept a lifestyle that’s been defined as sinful for thousands of years. By the way, God loves you.