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Homosexual Marriage: If anyone’s on the ‘wrong side of history,’ it’s the West

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US President Barack Obama now on the wrong side of history (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) We hear a lot about “the wrong side of history” these days—usually from those who want to convince us we’re on it, and that everyone in the future will think like the New York Times editorial board. But if we want to understand where history is  really  headed, we’ve got to  look at the big picture —the global picture. President Obama —someone who’s used the “right side of history” trope  more than once —got a glimpse of that picture last month when he spoke in Nairobi. Addressing Kenya’s strong cultural aversion to homosexuality, the President warned that “treating people differently” not because they’re harming anyone but because  they’re  “different,” erodes freedoms and leads to “bad things.” Well, in a nation where 96 percent disapprove of homosexuality, that didn’t go over so well. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta was quick to express the feelings of his c...