There are some things that really make you cringe when you find out about them. Today I found out something that I did not know. If you have HIV and are trying to get into the US, you will not be allowed! In fact, if you are a foreign national, and you have HIV, you can be deported from the US. This ban has been in effect for the last 15 years! Wow! This is one of the principal reasons why no worldwide AIDS conferences have been held in the US. People with AIDS from other countries could not come here to speak at such a conference so they have been held elsewhere. Guess the names of some of the other countries that have the same policy……..Russia, Libya, Sudan and Saudia Arabia.

Now the Democrats in congress are urging president Bush to move swiftly to end the travel ban. Can you imagine that the US actually discriminates against foreigners with HIV? Well I guess if you discriminate against people in the first place, adding foreigners with HIV to the list of people we discriminate against shouldn’t be too far fetched. The only thing I can say is that discrimination toward anyone about anything, especially something like this, is a very stupid thing.

Read more about the travel banĀ here.