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Culture is a sorry excuse for intolerance on same sex relationships

If intolerance to same sex relationships is culture, how about FGM, isn’t that part of some cultures, yet wrong.

Before President Obama came, HE William Ruto had made it clear that gays have no place in this Kenya, never mind that in Kenya at the moment there are a number people who say they are in same sex relationships. In a hero’s moment during his address with President Barack Obama after the bilateral talks, President Uhuru Kenyatta differed with President Obama on the issue of gayism saying it is a non issue for Kenya since it is not part Kenyan culture and it can therefore not be imposed on Kenyans. His utterances received a lot of accolades on social media with many calling him brave for standing his ground on the issue.

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