U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday denounced as “odious” a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that has drawn international condemnation. “We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are — whether it’s here in the United States or … more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda,” Obama told the National Prayer Breakfast. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking before Obama at the annual bipartisan gathering of religious and political leaders, also criticized the draft law being considered by Uganda’s parliament.

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