Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Subject: Punished for being HIV-Positive?

Dear Friend,

Can you imagine not being allowed to travel to another country or apply to become a legal resident because of a medical condition?

Under current U.S. law, our government is telling countless individuals living with HIV that they are banned from the United States. The discriminatory HIV Travel Ban prevents HIV positive individuals from entering the country or obtaining legal U.S. citizenship.

Right now a repeal to the ban is in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) legislation - which, if passed, would abolish the ban and finally put an end to this unjust policy. But just as Congress is preparing to vote on PEPFAR legislation, anti-gay members of Congress are pushing to remove this critical provision so that the inhumane HIV Travel Ban remains a U.S. law.

Congress has a chance this year to finally abolish the travel ban and end this discriminatory policy! Please join me in asking them to stand up to anti-gay Senators who are trying to keep this unjust U.S. policy on the books. Just click below - it only takes a minute.

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/hivtravelban?rk=VpdiYRYqOJjOW

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