Guest FourAces Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Well at least for one young man its not going to be a sweet Easter ---------- AIDS activists are stepping up their call for a boycott of Hershey candy to protest the rejection of a student at a boarding school connected to the company because he is HIV-positive. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation planned demonstrations Friday in Hershey, New York City and San Francisco to coincide with the usual Easter surge in candy sales. Michael Weinstein, president of the Los Angeles-based group, says the policy of the Milton Hershey School for disadvantaged youngsters is the product of discrimination and ignorance. School officials say the policy is designed to protect other students. But lawyers with the AIDS Law Project in Philadelphia, which has sued the school in federal court, say the boy controls his HIV with medication and poses no health threat to the 1,850 other students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EXPAT Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 That is beyond ridiculous and full of ignorance. I can't believe this kind of stuff still happens. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RA1 Posted April 8, 2012 Members Share Posted April 8, 2012 They say that bread is the staff of life but actually it is ignorance. Best regards, RA1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...