Comments on: Obama lifts ban on HIV-positive people entering the US http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/ News, reviews and comment from Europe's largest gay news service Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:38:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80542 Will Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:53:31 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80542 "long way to go before the 'land of the free' can live up to the name." You said it Rose... the US is all rhetoric but not much substance when it comes to human rights. Ironically we have more freedoms and civil liberties here in the EU, but you don't see us ranting on about it! Even contemplating a ban on someone with a disease from entering a country is an affront to the liberties they claim to uphold, let alone implementing one.... so really they should not be expecting too many thanks for rescinding it. “long way to go before the ‘land of the free’ can live up to the name.”

You said it Rose… the US is all rhetoric but not much substance when it comes to human rights. Ironically we have more freedoms and civil liberties here in the EU, but you don’t see us ranting on about it!

Even contemplating a ban on someone with a disease from entering a country is an affront to the liberties they claim to uphold, let alone implementing one…. so really they should not be expecting too many thanks for rescinding it.

]]> By: Peter Rivendell http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80526 Peter Rivendell Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:08:22 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80526 About time too. About time too.

]]> By: Jean-Paul Bentham http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80465 Jean-Paul Bentham Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:52:56 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80465 One baby step at a time; let's be grateful for that. Imagine if you had HIV+ status. One baby step at a time; let’s be grateful for that. Imagine if you had HIV+ status.

]]> By: Rose http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80462 Rose Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:38:20 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/obama-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-people-entering-the-us/#comment-80462 Ok, good start. long way to go before the 'land of the free' can live up to the name. Ok, good start. long way to go before the ‘land of the free’ can live up to the name.

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