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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

GMHC issues in-depth report on 08 Presidential candidates and HIV/AIDS

“Where Do They Stand? The Gay Men’s Health Crisis Report on the 2008 Presidential Candidates and HIV/AIDS is a new in-depth report on the backgrounds of all major-party candidates on HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues and the positions they’re taking—or not taking—on this year’s hot-button AIDS issues. Click here for a print ready version of GMHC’s Crisis Report on the 2008 Presidential Candiates and HIV/AIDS And the report includes a useful ”quick chart” comparing the candidates’ AIDS-related public record and positions. Full information on the report here. Key findings:

• The GMHC report documents, for the first time in one place, the stark differences between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates on nearly every AIDS issue. For example, seven Democrats have committed to investing $50 billion to fight HIV/AIDS globally over the next five years. No Republican candidate has made a similar commitment. All eight Democratic candidates support comprehensive sex education, whereas seven of eight Republicans have opposed it. Most of the Democrats support lifting the ban against HIV-positive foreign nationals visiting… (more)
  Posted by Michael Kink on 11/28 at 04:45 PM
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