Press Conference in Dakar, Senegal (June 27, 2013) [Excerpt] lyrics
by Barack Obama
President Obama: The issue of gays and lesbians and how they're treated has come up and has been controversial in many parts of Africa, so I want the African people to hear just what I believe. People should be treated equally. And that's a principle that I think should be applied universally.
Senegalese President Macky Sall: Senegal, as far as we are concerned, is a very tolerant country which doesn't discriminate against the inalienable rights of people, but we are not still ready to decriminalize homosexuality. This doesn't mean that we are all homophobic.