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Congressman Mike Honda Urges FDA to Overturn Ban on Gay Blood Donors
NBC Bay Area ^ | Monday, Jul 7, 2014

Posted on 07/07/2014 2:19:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 07/07/2014 2:19:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Let him or his family be first in line to get blood from an unscreened blood donor...


2 posted on 07/07/2014 2:22:27 PM PDT by tips up (Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.)
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Just because gays account for 2% of the population but 78% of all new cases of HIV and their lifestyle of promiscuity causes all sorts of diseases that shorten their lifespans is no reason not to dump their blood in with the population at large. /sarc


3 posted on 07/07/2014 2:22:41 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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This is sick.
You are seeing the radical leftist “mind” at work.
They would rather have millions of normal people die miserable deaths, than have one of their favorite constituents be embarrassed an not being able to give blood.
Are democrats capable of passing this? I think so.


4 posted on 07/07/2014 2:22:49 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: nickcarraway

Just another example of the government deciding that their agenda is more important than whether you live or die.


5 posted on 07/07/2014 2:22:52 PM PDT by thorvaldr
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I would think even gays would not want this.


6 posted on 07/07/2014 2:22:55 PM PDT by Lake Living
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Bad idea. People who engage in risky behavior should not be allowed into the donor pool. I am turned away because of a false positive. I understand why they must do that.You have to keep the risk down as low as possible.


7 posted on 07/07/2014 2:24:54 PM PDT by linn37
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Just peachy. If any one knowingly donates blood contaminated with Aids, Hep C..etc. they will be charged with attempted murder. I suppose they forgot that part.


8 posted on 07/07/2014 2:25:08 PM PDT by pnut22
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Yeah, but heaven help you if you visited the UK ten years ago.


9 posted on 07/07/2014 2:27:00 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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“He says the ban is based on decades-old fears that have been discounted by science.”

I swear I’m almost ready to punch the next leftist that pushes something insane by hiding behind this “science said so” bulls*it.


10 posted on 07/07/2014 2:27:10 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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The LGBT community will not rest until they have broken every obstacle to their being considered normal. Of course, with everything else (like gay marriage) there is no smoking run to prove that it harms others. But changing this policy certainly will. If it ever comes down, you will see homosexuals coming out in mass to give blood with the peep-show like atmosphere of a gay pride parade. Except, this time, most people will understand that their health is at risk.

Problem is that any real-life consequences will be papered over by the MSM and attributed to something other than this ban being lifted. Any health professional who says otherwise will sacrifice their career and reputation.


11 posted on 07/07/2014 2:31:42 PM PDT by rbg81
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If you were in Britain for more than 3 months before Dec. 31st 1996, you cannot donate blood. I think there used to be an exception for vegetarians, but I am not sure now.


12 posted on 07/07/2014 2:33:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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13 posted on 07/07/2014 2:35:16 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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They might as well just stop screening altogether, and let recipients take their chances.


14 posted on 07/07/2014 2:36:15 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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Oh, yeah, and force Christian bakeries to make cakes for them for after they donate.


15 posted on 07/07/2014 2:36:24 PM PDT by outofsalt
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To: Blood of Tyrants; linn37

There is only one way to make it fair. The government has to make sure the same percentage of straight people have AIDS as gay people.


16 posted on 07/07/2014 2:37:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Really? What science has discounted blood borne diseases from certain populations?


17 posted on 07/07/2014 2:38:18 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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...and Mikee and his family get gay blood?


18 posted on 07/07/2014 2:40:32 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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“He says the ban is based on decades-old fears that have been discounted by science.”

I swear I’m almost ready to punch the next leftist that pushes something insane by hiding behind this “science said so” bulls*it.

Tuburlosis and the black plague are hundreds of years old too but I damn sure wouldn’t want to get them


19 posted on 07/07/2014 2:41:03 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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From the CDC website:

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/basics/ataglance.html

A chart with clear evidence that men having sex with men increases rate of infection.

And a statement (from our very own gubmint):

“Although MSM represent about 4% of the male population in the United States4, in 2010, MSM accounted for 78% of new HIV infections among males and 63% of all new infections”

(msm means men having sex with men)

Looking closer at the chart, being gay increases your risk by a factor of 12, over being a needle using junkie.


20 posted on 07/07/2014 2:42:28 PM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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