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Protesters back Milford teen who was rejected as blood donor
The New Haven Register ^ | 12/05/2004 | Brian McCready and Cara Baruzzi, Register Staff

Posted on 12/06/2004 9:56:49 AM PST by raybbr

MILFORD — Devlin Mannle, 18, simply wanted to donate blood as part of Jonathan Law High School’s holiday blood drive last week.

The American Red Cross worker began asking Mannle a series of questions.

Had he been exposed to hepatitis? Malaria? Had he recently visited certain countries in Africa? Is he an intravenous drug user?

Mannle’s answer to each query was "No."

Then the worker asked another question.

"Have you had sex with a man?"

"Yes," Mannle answered.

(Excerpt) Read more at nhregister.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aids; blood; donate; gays; grid; health; hiv; homosexualagenda; pervert; redcross
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To: raybbr

You should ask anyone of those people supporting this guy whether, in an emergency situation, they would prefer to receive blood from a man who had had sex with another man or from a heterosexual. Interesting to see what the answers would be.


41 posted on 12/06/2004 10:48:20 AM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: dangus
Statistically, more heterosexual women in Connecticut have AIDS than do gay men, he said.

That's because homosexuality is such a rare abnormality in the human population. The rates are much higher among gay men, and this is a terrible (potentially deadly!) misuse of statistics by this no-morals activist.

Of course there are more heterosexual women with it, since there are so many more of them than homosexual men, but it's the rate of infection that's the relevant fact ...since it's only the individual looking to donate being asked this question, not a lottery across the whole state.

This activist is a menace to the public health.

42 posted on 12/06/2004 10:51:06 AM PST by Gondring (They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
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To: Alouette
For me it depends where I donate. At a Drive they always ask the questions, but at the center itself its done private

I donate blood at the drive, and in between donate platlets at the center

43 posted on 12/06/2004 10:51:10 AM PST by redcountyrepublican (Better keep the keyboard's warmed up and the Hard Drive's Loaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: exnavychick

>> a condom isn't 100% protection. <<

That's an understatement! Condoms are designed for heterosexual contact. Said one AIDS activist in the 1980s: "Wearing a condom during anal intercourse is like using an umbrella in a hurricane."

When it says on a condom that it is 99% effective when used properly, people should know several things:

1. Condoms are only improperly used enough that people having regular sex while using condoms still have 50% as many babies as people who do not use condoms while having regular sex.

2. The effectivess measure refers only to sperm, which are thousands of times larger than an AIDS virus, degrade nearly instantly, and tend to remain in the most viscous part of the semen.

3. Condoms are designed for vaginal intercourse only.

4. Many lubricants, which are commonly used for anal sex, degrade many condoms.

5. Anal sex is vastly more likely to result in abrasins and epidermal tears which allow semen-to-blood contact, making condom failure during anal sex much more catastrophic than condom failure during vaginal sex.


44 posted on 12/06/2004 10:51:44 AM PST by dangus
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To: Grampa Dave; scripter; little jeremiah; ArGee
Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Disease (GRID) links

Health Hazards

Just the Facts: AIDS & the Homosexual Lifestyle!

45 posted on 12/06/2004 10:52:18 AM PST by EdReform (Free Republic - helping to keep our country a free republic. Thank you for your financial support!)
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To: cwiz24
Interesting to see what the answers would be.

No it would not. I would wager that 9 out of 10 of them would tell you that they didn't care, that either was fine with them.

Of those 9, half would be lying and the other half would be so stupid that they really would not care.

46 posted on 12/06/2004 10:53:36 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: raybbr

The policy also discriminates against intravenous drug users, people who suffer from hepatitus, and people who have aids.


47 posted on 12/06/2004 10:56:32 AM PST by Yancey Ward
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To: Alouette
No longer true. I am also a regular donor and even though I fill out the questionnaire in private, the nurse also asks the same questions and watches as I place the sticker on the form. As a recipient of many needed transfusions as a child back in the 1940's due to a kidney ailment, I realize the importance of donating blood and do so regularly.
48 posted on 12/06/2004 10:57:05 AM PST by Imabeliever (Islam is the religion of perversion, fear, hatred, murder, and terrorism.)
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To: heartwood

That is an awesome idea. Have a group of blood that has in big red letters... HIGH RISK BLOOD FOR LIBERALS

Then see how quick these fools and do-gooders use it. Then you can say, we tried to offer the high risk blood but noone wanted it. Case closed!


49 posted on 12/06/2004 11:02:13 AM PST by Holicheese (MMMMMM I like Canukistan strippers!)
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To: WildHorseCrash
No doubt. I had a transfusion in '84. I was terrified for years because at that time, they hadn't started testing blood for HIV. I know now that I am in the clear, but there is no way I want some gay boy's blood put into me if I ever need it again.
50 posted on 12/06/2004 11:07:16 AM PST by codyjacksmom (Proud, new 1st time grandma as of 11/07/04....now it's payback time!)
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To: trebb

Me too. They wont take my blood because of intraveinous drug use over 30 years ago.


51 posted on 12/06/2004 11:12:11 AM PST by weezel
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To: bigfootbob

And I'm being serious.

Make the offer publically (anonymously, if you would like) and let these weasels try to explain how they aren't bigoted against your blood (which wasn't infected by your choice), when they want us to all put ourselves at risk from their activities.


52 posted on 12/06/2004 11:14:51 AM PST by Gondring (They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
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To: Holicheese

Agreed. But Liberals prefer to be destructive, rather than constructive. They'd never set up something useful like a HISK RISK BLOOD FOR LIBERALS bank.

Muawiyah and Prime Choice are right on the money with this... it's all about the selfishness of these idiots.


53 posted on 12/06/2004 11:17:57 AM PST by Gondring (They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
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To: raybbr
The last time I tried to give blood (& I'm an O-) I was rejected (a few years back) because I had spent more than 6 months total in the UK in the last ten years. They were worried about mad cow disease and I suspect gay sex and HIV are a far bigger risk to the blood supply.

Glad these people are at least trying to protect us.

54 posted on 12/06/2004 11:23:32 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (May God Bless the President)
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To: raybbr

If only there was a way to set aside the blood taken from homosexuals to be given exclusively to the people who protested on behalf of high risk blood.


55 posted on 12/06/2004 11:26:34 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl (OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
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To: Alouette

Then policy hasn't been followed when you donated. They are suppose to review all questions after you fill out the questionaire.


56 posted on 12/06/2004 11:29:17 AM PST by TheBattman (Islam (and liberals)- the cult of Satan)
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57 posted on 12/06/2004 11:39:04 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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To: muawiyah
These students simply have to be excised from our society before they murder more people.

At the very least, all of the protesters should be willing to accept a sample transfusion of this queer's blood.

Oops! Did I just see a demonstration evaporate?

58 posted on 12/06/2004 11:44:39 AM PST by TXnMA (Back home in God's Country -- and that's where I plan to stay until they "plant" my carcass here!)
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To: wrathof59

When they got to the question, "Have you ever exchanged sex for money?" I replied, "Does that count child support?"


59 posted on 12/06/2004 11:55:49 AM PST by hunter112 (Total victory, both in the USA and the Middle East!)
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To: raybbr
Shawn Lang, a member of the Connecticut AIDS Residence Coalition and co-chairman of the state’s AIDS policy group, agreed that the screening process asks the wrong questions and needs to change.

Statistically, more heterosexual women in Connecticut have AIDS than do gay men, he said.

Uh, Shawn Lang is described as "she" on the Connecticut AIDS Residential Coalition website.

Though I can understand how the paper could make a mistake...
      Shawn Lang, CARC Assistant Director

"You need to know who is wearing protection and who is not when they are engaging in sex," Lang said.

Why do you care whether a monogamous married couple are wearing protection, perv?

(With apologies to Ms. Lang, if the newspaper distorted her comments.)

60 posted on 12/06/2004 11:59:53 AM PST by Gondring (They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
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