Barack Obama condemned an anti-gay law in Uganda that calls for the death penalty in cases of "aggravated homosexuality" earlier this week.

"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 is here in the United States or... more extremely, in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda," Obama said.

Obama made these comments at the National Prayer Breakfast, a bipartisan gathering of lawmakers and religious leaders in Washington DC.