Speaker. last night I returned from the eighth annual International Conference on AIDS being held In Amsterdam. Ten thousand people came to Amsterdam because they would not come to Boston. where the conference originally was to take place. The conference had to be moved out of the United States because of our immigration policy. a policy based on ignorance and bigotry. not on humane medical science. That policy says that visitors infected with HIV can be banned from coming Into our country. Next week. the Olympics begin in Spain. I wonder what our reaction would be If Magic Johnson were not allowed to attend the games in Barcelona because of discriminatory policies like ours. Imagine our outrage if he were not allowed to play on the Dream Team. Our immigration policy tvard HIV infected people reflects the Bush administrations continuing capitulation to hysteria. bigotry. and irrational fear. Once again. George Bush has embarrassed and isolated the United States in the international community.
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