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Land: Obama Promoting 'Extreme Gay Rights' Abroad

U.S. Religious Right leaders have not been happy with President Obama’s criticism of Kenya’s criminal prohibition on homosexuality (link is external)during his visit to the country last week, with Franklin Graham accusing the president (link is external)of “exporting the acceptance of immorality” and Bryan Fischer deeming the president “rude(link is external).”

In an interview(link is external) with Newsmax TV on Monday, former Southern Baptist Convention policy head Richard Land, agreed with Graham’s comments, accusing the president of promoting “extreme gay rights” by speaking out against Kenya’s law, which punishes homosexuality by up to 14 years in prison(link is external).

Land also accused the administration of "trying to blackmail governments overseas” to lift anti-LGBT restrictions.