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Live: Obama Lifts the HIV Travel Ban


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President Barack Obama is expected to announce an end to the HIV Travel and Immigration Ban during a signing ceremony for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act scheduled for 11:50 a.m. ET.

Advocate.com is bringing you live-stream coverage of the signing ceremony. The live feed will switch the the ceremony at approximately 11:45 a.m. ET.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Ted
    Date posted: 10/30/2009 11:34:39 AM
    Hometown: San Diego, CA

    Comment:

    Calling Obama a bigot is even more obnoxious and rhetorically dishonest than being an "apologist" for Obama. Bush and Congress repealed the federal law that forced HHS to ban HIV+ people from entering or becoming citizens of the US. Obama's administration was then responsible for then changing the HHS policy, which, despite your "foot-dragging" hooey, takes time. Do some research. Obama has already done more for gay rights than any other president. It's not much, to say the least, but it's still more. And your hate isn't helping anything.

  • Name: garychapelhill
    Date posted: 10/30/2009 11:14:48 AM
    Hometown: chapel hill, nc

    Comment:

    Obama did NOT lift the HIV travel ban. it was repealed by congress and signed by George W. Bush. The Obama administration has been dragging its feet on actually implementing it for a year now. Enough with the propaganda already. All of you Obama apologists are hypocrites. When he doesn't do the right thing and put an end to discharges under DADT you all say we are misdirecting our anger, that we should be going after congress. Then when something good for our community happens you give him all the credit even though he had absolutely nothing to do with it. How about focusing on our rights instead of covering for a liar and a bigot?



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