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Ban on gay men giving blood 'discriminatory': Murray, Cantwell, other senators
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 6/20/16 | Joel Connelly

Posted on 06/20/2016 4:23:19 PM PDT by Faith Presses On

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To: Retain Mike

Note the question asked of women:

“Female donors: Had sexual contact with a male who had sexual
contact with another male in the past 12 months?”


61 posted on 06/20/2016 6:56:53 PM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: Faith Presses On

I re-read the bill of rights. Where was the right to donate blood again. I may have overlooked it.


62 posted on 06/20/2016 6:59:29 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Trump's innuendo a new low)
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To: Faith Presses On

You are damn right it is.

And plenty of legit reasons for it.


63 posted on 06/20/2016 7:00:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Retain Mike

I believe the lovely custom of anal sex is the source of the diseases that they contract and spread.

Homosexual women don’t ordinarily indulge in that particular practice.


64 posted on 06/20/2016 7:00:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If the Orlando terrorist doesnÂ’t represent all Muslims, why does he represent all gun-owners?)
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To: Faith Presses On

No one has any “right” to donate blood.


65 posted on 06/20/2016 7:01:18 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Myrddin

I don’t if the U.S. has any criminal or civil penalties for lying about one’s background when donating blood, but Australia not only has them, but makes sure that donors are fully aware of them:

“Of note, donors in Australia must sign a declaration in the presence of blood center staff that they understand that there are penalties, including fines and imprisonment, for providing false or misleading information. No such declaration is required in the United States, nor are donors advised of penalties for providing false or misleading information.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3440651/posts


66 posted on 06/20/2016 7:02:36 PM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No but they do other gross stuff, and they have a lot higher rates of diseases than normal women.


67 posted on 06/20/2016 7:03:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

They also have higher rates of alcoholism and obesity.


68 posted on 06/20/2016 7:04:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If the Orlando terrorist doesnÂ’t represent all Muslims, why does he represent all gun-owners?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The obesity is tied into distancing themselves from men. Makes them less attractive. Not that it is entirely done consciously.


69 posted on 06/20/2016 7:05:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Faith Presses On

It’s about time they discriminate.

The job of Congress IS TO DISCRIMINATE!

They are to DIS (separate) — CRIM (illegitimate from legitimate activity) — MIN (impart unto) -—ATE (Action of the party).

DISCRIMINATE!

Or we will find somebody who is able to discriminate.

They can’t even figure out how to find a difference between genders.


70 posted on 06/20/2016 7:10:46 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Faith Presses On

Another example of liberalism being a mental disorder...the policies about donating blood have to do with who gets donated blood injected into their bodies - not the ‘rights’ of the people giving to the blood bank.

Utter insanity.


71 posted on 06/20/2016 7:34:42 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I am thinking about heterosexual women who engage in anal sex with males.
72 posted on 06/20/2016 8:01:00 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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To: Myrddin

Well, lying on Form 4473 didn’t result in that Reporterette being charged for a Straw Purchase of that AR-15 the other day, did it?


73 posted on 06/20/2016 8:16:16 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Scandals were Brains, Hillary would be the smartest person on the Planet.)
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To: max americana

were among 23 Democrats and one Republican — Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Illinois”

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I live in Illinois and you can count on me to not vote for the S.O.B.


74 posted on 06/20/2016 8:47:53 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Crooked Hillary's going down and I aint talkin about, on Huma.)
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To: dsrtsage

***** “Let gay men indiscriminately donate blood...as long as it is properly cataloged and used only for muslim patients” ****

I think it should be a Worldwide Standard ... those little bags of blood should have the Blue UN Helmet LOGO proudly displayed on each and every one. Then I would Ration them.


75 posted on 06/20/2016 9:21:54 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Faith Presses On

That info is very helpful. Intuitively I would have never come up with that conclusion. So they exclude from the blood supply on the front end those donations which when tested would almost always prove defective.


76 posted on 06/20/2016 10:05:16 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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To: Kickass Conservative
And there you have the false narrative of gun control. It's all about harassment and never about enforcement. They want to crimes to continue to justify more laws aimed at banning, registering and confiscating. The jackass muzzie who shot up Orlando managed to falsify his psych exams for this security guard license. The psychologist (Nudelman) whose signature appeared on the forms was not even in the state at the time of signature was applied. No checks and balances. No enforcement. Lots of pablum for the gullible masses.
77 posted on 06/20/2016 10:36:37 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Faith Presses On
24 U.S. Senators said in a letter Monday

I'd like to see each of these Senators bring their children down and have each get a pint of blood from some random queer blood donor, just as a demonstration of their sincerity.

78 posted on 06/21/2016 2:57:00 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Faith Presses On
I can't donate because I was stationed in Europe and got back 2 weeks after the deadline (for possible exposure to mad cow disease) in 1980.

They've been in far more toxic environments and much more recently than me.

Time for me to stand up for my rights and demand they take my blood and damn the risks....

79 posted on 06/21/2016 3:25:24 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Faith Presses On
What morons. Time for a reality check.

HIV Among Gay and Bisexual Men

Murray and Cantwell have decided the feelings of gays are more important than the consequences of allowing those in a high risk group donate blood.

My suggestion to these morons is if they or members of their families ever need a transfusion, use blood donated from anonymous members of a high-risk group. Will never happen.

80 posted on 06/21/2016 5:04:24 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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