November 30, 2007

Senator Clinton Talks AIDS With the Church

After pledging earlier this week that she would spend at least $50 billion to fight HIV/AIDS by 2013, U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton restated her AIDS battle plan in Lake Forest, California, yesterday, November 29 (latimes.com, 11/30).

At the annual Globe Summit on AIDS and the Church, Clinton said, “AIDS remains a plague of biblical proportions,” adding, “Where ignorance and prejudice builds, AIDS thrives. Stigma is one of the real evils that has to be combated.”

Clinton was the only presidential candidate to speak in person at the AIDS-focused religious gathering at Saddleback Church, sponsored by noted activists Rick and Kay Warren. In addition to her $50 billion pledge, Clinton vowed to embrace both abstinence and condoms as viable prevention tools.

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Craig Evans, Orlando,fla, 2007-12-05 06:46:33
Well, yes that is nice that she wants to spend that money! Yet how much is really going to go to the cause. I mean it will get stuck in the beaurocratic BS as all money does. They will need a committee to elect a committee,to elect a committee, to elect a committee. and by that time what about a buck will go t the cause. I mean take a look at fla. 17billion to education!!! We here should have the best of the best. yet we got crap for our children

Kirk, , 2007-12-05 00:51:11
You go Hillery! Now if you'd just return the 100s of 1000s you've recieved in contributions from the big pharmas, who are makeing billions off this "biblical epidemic" you'd be more believable! A practice, I would remind her, she found unethical when Hubby was Prez. I gotta tell ya Senator, as a main stream hetrosexual male democrate, living with HIV in the redist of red states, I'm sick of hypocrites on both sides of the isle. In other words if ya want my vote practice what ya preach.

Doug, Laguna Beach, 2007-12-04 14:00:47
Correction needed here...Lake Forest is in California not S.C. Also, the Saddleback Church here in Lake Forest is one of those mega churches, lots of sheeple, powerful & $$$ and ask the local Aids organizations here in the OC what Rich Warren has done for OC Shanti or Aids Service Foundation in Irvine & the answer is simply Zero! Saddleback is your routine Four Square Five Cornered church my friend...and Rick Warren has been quoted as saying that gays can be converted to straight! Need any mor

Rayford Kytle, Washington, DC, 2007-12-04 10:25:38
Research has established that abstinence only programs do not work. Abstinence programs need to be accompanied by infomrmation on how to use condoms. The ABC program works(if you can't be abstinent be faithful, if you cant be faithful use condoms always.)