Why CNN's Richard Quest Visiting a Kenya Church is Tricky

Ordinarily a celebrity visiting a church in Kenya would be newsworthy, but not exactly controversial. But this is Richard Quest - openly gay and a campaigner for LBTIQA+ rights - touring a country where "sodomy" is a felony and punishable with 14 years in prison. Many Kenyans are now questioning whether the Jubilee Christian Church in Nairobi will "accept all Kenyans even those whose sexual orientation is 'an abomination'?

CNN business journalist Richard Quest on the pulpit at the Jubilee Christian Church in Nairobi.

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