by Peter Jackson
Associated Press
Monday Apr 9, 2012
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Amid the Easter weekend surge in candy sales,
AIDS activists Friday stepped up their calls for a boycott of Hershey
candy to protest the refusal of a boarding school with ties to the
company to admit a teenager because he is HIV-positive.
Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation staged protests in San
Francisco, New York City and Hershey, where company headquarters and
the school are based.
"We are asking the public to send a clear message to Hershey that
there are 'No Kisses for Hershey' as Hershey continues its path of
discrimination and ignorance," Michael Weinstein, the foundation
president, said in a news release.
The company did not immediately return a call for comment. But Milton
Hershey School defended its decision, saying it was difficult but
appropriate under the circumstances.
"We hope that fair-minded people also understand that we did not make
this decision in ignorance, but that we looked at all the complicated
issues surrounding our unique environment and made the decision we
thought was best for our students," Connie McNamara, the school's vice
president for communications, said in an email Friday.
The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania sued the school in U.S. District
Court in Philadelphia last year, contending that the school violated
the Americans with Disabilities Act in denying admission to the boy,
whose name has not been made public.
More:
http://www.edgeboston.com/news/aids/news//131771/aids_activists_step_up_call_for_hershey_boycott_
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Tommy
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