[Verginius Rufus]

According to the article, 7% of gay men are already giving blood despite the ban. "Misery loves company"--they apparently want HIV to become prevalent among heterosexuals too. If they do adopt this rule, there are bound to be many donors who lie about no sexual activity for 10 years.

Maybe a reasonable compromise would be to allow them to give blood, but then throw the blood away. Like (one hopes) was done when Yasser Arafat was photographed giving blood.

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If they do adopt this rule, there are bound to be many donors who lie about no sexual activity for 10 years.

Exactly. Move the goalpost, and the dishonesty moves with it. For crying out loud, where did they come up with "10 years?" A completely arbitrary, convenient sounding number, which will be answered by arbitrary, convenient guessing by sodomite donors. Give or take a few years.