Obama Speaks on Africa and Gays

US President Barack Obama has once again defended gay rights across the Africa but now citing Nelson Mandela's plight as inspiration.
Obama said he understood that different religions and cultures adhered to different beliefs and traditions, but that the simple principle of equality should be the guide for states and governments. “I want the African people to just hear what I believe,” Obama said.

He said this in a country where being gay is a crime and punishable by serving prison sentence
“My basic view is that regardless of race, regardless of religion, regardless of gender, regardless of sexual orientation, when it comes to how the law treats you… people should be treated equally.”
Senegalese President Macky Sall replied that though Senegal was a “very tolerant country which does not
discriminate in terms of inalienable rights of the human being”, it was not ready yet to decriminalise homosexuality. “But of course this does not mean that we are all homophobic.”
Obama revealed that he will still head to South Africa despite rumours that Nelson Mandela is in critical condition, He therefore revealed that Mandela was the man who incited political activism in him and he was inspired by Mandela's example when he was a student
“I think he is a hero for the world and if and when he passes from this place, one thing I think we will all know is, his legacy is one that will linger on through the ages,” Obama said.

My two cents; Africa is not just ready for legalizing gay rights and hopefully, they won't. Marriage is an act between a man and a woman, let modernization not get it twisted.