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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 08:30 PM Original message |
Santa Cruz schools rethink blood drives after gay student barred |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hate blood drives because of that. |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because of "sexual history" or "sexual orientation?" There's a huge difference. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Not really. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Sexual history |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Note to people who are clean and want to give blood: |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. but what does being gay have to do with it? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. That's just it, it has nothing to do with it... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. When my daughter returend from a study-abroad semester in |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Got it wrong |
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Crayson (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Ask about DISEASES, not orientation |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Every blood sample is tested.... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. It also bars people who have spent a long period of time in Europe, |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Hell, I Was Born In Africa |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It's starting to sound... |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The American Red Cross is far from the only group collecting blood |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I doubt it. More likely, they want to avoid getting unhealthy blood donations by any means possible |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I asked them once about travel to Europe. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Given the litigiousness in the US, especially in health care areas |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah, I get it, but it reminds me of Zero Tolerance Policies in school. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I thank the legal profession for Zero Tolerance as well... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. There is a lot of conflicting pressure in donating blood! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. Many groups have "petitioned the FDA to relax rules on gay men".... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. What is so completely stupid about asking people of their sexual history is... |
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