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CLINTON/GORE ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO GAYS AND LESBIANS
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Stop discrimination against gays and lesbians at
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all levels of government: As President, Bill
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Clinton would issue executive orders to repeal the
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ban on gays and lesbians from military or foreign
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service and to prohibit discrimination in federal
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employment, federal contracts and government
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services.
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Support federal civil rights legislation for gays
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and lesbians: A Clinton/Gore Administration would
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support a federal gay civil rights bill that
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respects freedom of religion by exempting religious
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organizations; and that provides clear evidentiary
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standards to be used in court.
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Make the fight against AIDS a real national
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priority and implement a coordinated national AIDS
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strategy with a 6-point plan: Bill Clinton and Al
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Gore believe that continued indifference and
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further delay in the fight against AIDS is
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unconscionable.
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The Clinton/Gore Plan
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* Appoint an AIDS policy director to head a
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"Manhattan Project" that coordinates federal
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AIDS policies, cuts through bureaucratic red
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tape and implements recommendations made by
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the National Commission on AIDS.
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* Speed up the drug approval process and commit
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increased government resources to research and
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development of AIDS-related treatments and
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vaccines, and ensure that women and people of
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color are included in research and drug
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trials.
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* Fully fund the Ryan White CARE Act.
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* Promote a national AIDS education and
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prevention initiative that disseminates frank
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and accurate information to reduce the spread
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of the disease, and educates our children
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about the nature and threat of AIDS.
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* Provide quality health coverage to all
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Americans with HIV as part of a broader
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national health care program; work vigorously
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to improve access to promising experimental
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therapies for people with life-threatening
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illnesses; and improve preventive and
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long-term care.
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* Combat AIDS-related discrimination and oppose
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needless mandatory HIV testing in federal
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organizations such as the Peace Corps, Job
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Corps and the Foreign Service; stop the
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cynical politicization of immigration policies
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by directing the Justice Department to follow
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the Department of Health and Human Services'
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recommendation that HIV be removed from the
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immigration restrictions list.
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Crack down on hate crimes: A Clinton/Gore
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Administration will be tough on anti-gay violence.
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As President, Bill Clinton would direct the Justice
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Department to aggressively prosecute hate crimes
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perpetrated against any individuals because of
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their sexual orientation, race, creed or religion.
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The Record
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* Senator Gore supported the Hate Crimes
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Statistics Act which provides for the
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collection and publication of data about
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crimes that manifest prejudice based on race,
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religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity.
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* Supported the AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1987
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which bans discrimination against persons with
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AIDS or the HIV infection.
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* Al Gore has supported legislation to remove
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HIV from the immigration restrictions list.
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