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To be honest, taking any little bit, blood or flesh, from another human being creeps me out.

But, like you freema, when one is dying there really isn't much to lose.

Which was my point on my earlier post, jeremiah. We have a shortage of organ donors, and people die waiting all the time. If we want to let someone know from whom the organ is being taken, and let them decide, fine. But I think, IF I were dying without it, I would take that chance.

You wouldn't?

To be honest, taking any little bit, blood or flesh, from another human being creeps me out.

I had to have half a dozen transfusions after cancer surgery and subsequent pulmonary surgery.

Boo.

It was Russian Roulette. I was in no state of mind or body to make a decision such as that, but I had to make a decision-and lived with a shadow over my shoulder, giving life three more times with the specter of death.

My father absolutely refused our kidneys. He lived 3 years on dialysis.

There is a time to live, a time to die.

The whole argument is based on an attempt to force the general population to accept homosexuality on an equal footing with being normal.

Here's the facts - around 2% of the population is homosexual (some studies are even less, and the 2% figure includes bisexuals). So, 98% of the population is not homosexual. Therefore, 98% of the population are not automatically rejected as donors. Many are rejected for other reasons, all legitimate. Additionally, homosexuals have a much, MUCH higher rate of HIV infection. Anyone who gets HIV positve blood OR ORGANS will get AIDS.

What part of that don't you understand?

And since a person who has recently been infected (or may be taking certain kinds of drugs) will not test positve even though they may be able to infect others, any blood or organs from a man who has sex with men is very, very dangerous. No one in their right mind would want to go through the pain, trouble, expense and risk of organ transplantation knowing that the organ they receive may give them AIDS.

I know two people who got Hep C from blood transfusions. Are they happy about it? What do you think? Would they rather have gotten untainted blood? What do you think? They both feel lucky they didn't get AIDS, but Hep C is no picnic, either.