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Constitution-lover wrote:
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If you hate the constitution and freedom and the good ole USA then move somewhere that your communism and liberal crap is wanted... I am sick of you scum wanting to trash this nation.
If you hate the constitution and freedom and equality for all, then move somewhere that your bible-thumping and conservative crap is wanted... I am sick of you scum trashing this nation.
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FDA: Gay Men Still Banned from Donating Blood Over Documented Risk Concerns

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WASHINGTON, D.C.,– Despite attempts by pro-homosexual advocates to paint the homosexual lifestyle as just another, normal, and healthy lifestyle choice, the FDA has renewed its 1983 policy that gay men cannot donate blood, due to the high-risk nature of living an active homosexual lifestyle.

This past Wednesday the FDA stated that, despite mounting opposition to the policy, it will for medical reasons continue to uphold its ban on men who live or who have lived an active homosexual life from donating blood.

According to the FDA, the ban is in place because,“A history of male-to-male sex is associated with an increased risk for the presence of and transmission of certain infectious diseases, including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.”

The FDA policy relating to homosexual men is unique in its severity. While there is a lengthy list of criteria by which a potential donor may be deferred from donating blood (such as visiting particular African countries), such bans usually expire after a certain period of time. The ban on homosexual men, however, applies to any man who has ever had sex with another man, even once, subsequent to 1977.

The Administration, however, argues that the strictness of the ban is justified, pointing out that the “policy is intended to protect all people who receive blood transfusions from an increased risk of exposure to potentially infected blood and blood products.”

Some, however, are arguing that the FDA’s policy is discriminatory against homosexual men. Arthur Caplan, in an editorial for NBC6 argues that new testing technologies alleviate any fear that patients may contract AIDS by receiving a tainted transfusion.“At one time, long ago, the gay-blood ban may have made sense. But it no longer does,” he said.

“If a man has sex with a high risk woman, he’s allowed back into the donation pool after 12 months,” complained Joel Ginsberg, the executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.“If he has safe sex with another man, he’s banned for life.”

Recognizing that the area of homosexuality is a controversial realm, however, with pro-homosexual activists on the watch for any signs of discrimination, the FDA responded to accusations of discrimination in its updated official policy in the matter. The “deferral policy is based on the documented increased risk of certain transfusion transmissible infections, such as HIV, associated with male-to-male sex and is not based on any judgment concerning the donor’s sexual orientation,” reads the FDA’s policy.

“Surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that men who have sex with men and would be likely to donate have a HIV prevalence that is at present over 15 fold higher than the general population, and over 2000 fold higher than current repeat blood donors (i.e., those who have been negatively screened and tested) in the USA.”

Dr. Robertson Davenport, who is an associate professor of pathology at the University of Michigan Hospital, agrees with the decision of the FDA.“The data are clear that men who engage in sexual contact with other men, as a whole, have a significantly higher risk of HIV,” he said.“Given our testing is not perfect, we will increase the risk to patients.”

A number of European countries have similar bans pertaining to homosexual man. Canada also forbids homosexual men from donating blood, due to similar concerns.

http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Blo...
Sceptical wrote:
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Because it's a stupid question

“What Goes Around, Comes Around”

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GoldenGator wrote:
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If you hate the constitution and freedom and equality for all, then move somewhere that your bible-thumping and conservative crap is wanted... I am sick of you scum trashing this nation.
They need to go by Conservative-lover!!

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FaFoxy wrote:
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But we are ALWAYS Fair. And Balanced.
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And you cannot PROVE that The Obamaniac was born in the U.S. I do not thik he was. I think he was born in Kenya and that's why he bows down before foreign kings.
Another BIRTHER NUTJOB idiot. You've said all you need to say.

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Constitution-lover wrote:
should be tossed out of this GOD FEARING NATION........
The president of the USA is an atheist. An overwhelming majority of American youth are non-religious. Most people don't give a sh*t about religion anymore. USA is a secular nation devoid of religious tests to be elected a politician.

If you want to go to a god fearing nation I would suggest going to Iran or Saudi arabia.

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Mykro wrote:
Another BIRTHER NUTJOB idiot. You've said all you need to say.
Ignore FaFoxy.

He's a troll.

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The president of the USA is an atheist. An overwhelming majority of American youth are non-religious. Most people don't give a sh*t about religion anymore. USA is a secular nation devoid of religious tests to be elected a politician.
If you want to go to a god fearing nation I would suggest going to Iran or Saudi arabia.
I wish you were right, but you're not.
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I have heard it all now. This is a classic case of Stockholm syndrome. Jewish nazis and yes...that is a fact. There were Jews slaughtering their own people. I guess there are uneducated homosexuals out there. I am a conservative myself, however...I can't picture or fathom an African American supporting David Duke, the former Grand Wizard who ran for and won two terms for office in Westwego, LA. It's the same thing with conservative women voting for these same candidates who blatantly oppose a women's right to choose and oppose equal pay for women who do the same work as men on the same job except we do more because we actually bear children. You don't have to support Obama, but my God...endorsing candidates who in every and I do mean EVERY bill disqualifies you homosexuals from enjoying the very fruit as the rest of us. They don't even want to give you healthcare and I've heard some of my fellow conservatives praising the genocide of all homosexuals. This has got to be the funniest thing I've read since the beginning of my life LOL.
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Oh Lordy, the Democrats are afraid of losing another of their base voters groups. I promise Obama still has most of the gay vote.

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Jun 23, 2012
 
Cat74 wrote:
I can guarantee all the people in our mental institutions will vote for the President by absentee with the aid of SEIU volunteers.
Calumny!

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Constitution-lover wrote:
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Funny....Try not to be traitor and stand up for what is right and good. Gay anything is evil and wrong. If you support gay scum you are a scum and should be tossed out of this GOD FEARING NATION........
Like this one?

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/24/139781021/the-e...

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FaFoxy wrote:
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He was DEFENDING DOMA in court for 2 years.
Yep, but he STOPPED the DOJ from doing so.

Did Bush stop, or did he push the Federal Marriage Ammendment?

Which way will Mitt swing? Judging by his signature on a pledge to stop same sex marriage, I think we can guess.

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Funny....Try not to be traitor and stand up for what is right and good. Gay anything is evil and wrong. If you support gay scum you are a scum and should be tossed out of this GOD FEARING NATION........
Did you choose your name as an ironic joke?
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FDA: Gay Men Still Banned from Donating Blood Over Documented Risk Concerns
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WASHINGTON, D.C.,– Despite attempts by pro-homosexual advocates to paint the homosexual lifestyle as just another, normal, and healthy lifestyle choice, the FDA has renewed its 1983 policy that gay men cannot donate blood, due to the high-risk nature of living an active homosexual lifestyle.
This past Wednesday the FDA stated that, despite mounting opposition to the policy, it will for medical reasons continue to uphold its ban on men who live or who have lived an active homosexual life from donating blood.
According to the FDA, the ban is in place because,“A history of male-to-male sex is associated with an increased risk for the presence of and transmission of certain infectious diseases, including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.”
The FDA policy relating to homosexual men is unique in its severity. While there is a lengthy list of criteria by which a potential donor may be deferred from donating blood (such as visiting particular African countries), such bans usually expire after a certain period of time. The ban on homosexual men, however, applies to any man who has ever had sex with another man, even once, subsequent to 1977.
The Administration, however, argues that the strictness of the ban is justified, pointing out that the “policy is intended to protect all people who receive blood transfusions from an increased risk of exposure to potentially infected blood and blood products.”
Some, however, are arguing that the FDA’s policy is discriminatory against homosexual men. Arthur Caplan, in an editorial for NBC6 argues that new testing technologies alleviate any fear that patients may contract AIDS by receiving a tainted transfusion.“At one time, long ago, the gay-blood ban may have made sense. But it no longer does,” he said.
“If a man has sex with a high risk woman, he’s allowed back into the donation pool after 12 months,” complained Joel Ginsberg, the executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.“If he has safe sex with another man, he’s banned for life.”
Recognizing that the area of homosexuality is a controversial realm, however, with pro-homosexual activists on the watch for any signs of discrimination, the FDA responded to accusations of discrimination in its updated official policy in the matter. The “deferral policy is based on the documented increased risk of certain transfusion transmissible infections, such as HIV, associated with male-to-male sex and is not based on any judgment concerning the donor’s sexual orientation,” reads the FDA’s policy.
“Surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that men who have sex with men and would be likely to donate have a HIV prevalence that is at present over 15 fold higher than the general population, and over 2000 fold higher than current repeat blood donors (i.e., those who have been negatively screened and tested) in the USA.”
Dr. Robertson Davenport, who is an associate professor of pathology at the University of Michigan Hospital, agrees with the decision of the FDA.“The data are clear that men who engage in sexual contact with other men, as a whole, have a significantly higher risk of HIV,” he said.“Given our testing is not perfect, we will increase the risk to patients.”
A number of European countries have similar bans pertaining to homosexual man. Canada also forbids homosexual men from donating blood, due to similar concerns.
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Blo...
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What does this have to do with anything? Your off topic and your wrong, Canada just repealed this discriminatory practice.
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Queers voting against their own best interest. Just like all the country hicks.
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Log Cabin Republicans to media....

We can get behind a guy named Mitt!!

We are so excited. It's about time we have a Mitt in the White House.

His hair is perfectly coiffed and dyed.

The man has style. He's no novice when it comes to haute couture.

Romney wears his makeup very well.

His finger nails are perfectly manicured. He's a rugged individualist.

Romney has a thing for pink slips. Wearing them and for handing them out.

Romney is Mr GQ!!

Romney sets off everyone's GAYDAR!!

Romney has a keen eye for fashion!

Romney epitomizes elegance,grace,daintiness and the sexuality of a life-sized Ken Doll.

We can get behind Mitt. He's catching on!!
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Dubya wrote:
Some people just prefer money over dignity. It DOES remind me of the few Jews who did support Hitler in the 1930's. Sad, so sad...
I understand the point you are making but keep in mind German Jews who initially supported Hitler did not believe in their wildest nightmares what was coming.
No one could fathom such a thing.

After the nazi horror ,I would have thought that we as a society would have learned not to drop our guards and to believe when a person tells us they hate us.

We have seen what the tea party which is evangelical owned has done to states they control such as Florida and the blinding rabid hate they have for the gay community and womens rights.

IMO to be gay and support Romney/ Tea party/ evangelicals is self hate and hate for women.
Dems aren't perfect but look at what they have done and still trying to do for us while the "new" GOP have blinding hate for us.

What I do find unreal are women who support the tea party GOP, they are going to suffer the most.
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FaFoxy wrote:
What will you Odumba-lovers say when The Obamaniac is defeated for reelection ?
The "new" republican party is not the same as it was yrs ago, this is an evangelical driven party. They are horrible.

The GOP you subscribe to is not around this election.

The first thing the Taliban did when they had power was go after women.

Same as the tea party GOP has done in Florida since they took the state last election and seem to take a sick delight in doing it.
They even want to make it tso that a woman or girl who is RAPED has no option , as if she was a pack horse.

"Florida Gov. vetoes funding for rape centers during Sexual Assault Awareness Month"

http://feministing.com/2012/04/24/florida-gov...
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Dane T wrote:
I'm a proud Gay man and I fully support Gov. Romney. Not all of us are "single issue" voters. I voted for Obama last time and I don't think he has earned re-election.
Gays have all sorts of opinions just like every one else in America.
I am for civil liberties and freedom so Im going with Gary Johnson, Live Free.

“Good luck with that !!!!”

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Jun 27, 2012
 
Wat the Tyler wrote:
A gay being a member of the Republican Party is like a Jew being a member of the Nazi Party.
Republicans HATE gay people and want to make them into second class citizens, just like how Republicans want to make non-whites, women, non-Christians into second class citizens.
Why would any gay person vote against their own rights? You have to be nuts to vote for Mitt Romney who plans making it a constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions. Just look at what Obama has done for gay rights:
* Opposes Proposition 8
* Signed the UN declaration calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality around the world.
* Signed the Matthew Shepperd Act into law making it a federal crime to kill/attack someone for their sexual orientation and gender identity.
* Ordered federal government to allow same sex couples to visit their partners in hospitals
* Stopped the deportation of same sex couples from the USA
* Stopped defending the so called Defense of Marriage Act and wants to repeal it.
* Signed and repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell
* Said he would sign into law the Employment Non-Discrimination Act act making it federal ban on firing someone for their sexual orientation and gender identity.
* Came out in favor of marriage equality.
Most pro-gay president in US history. Obama 2012
For the gay population, I agree, his tenure has been a big help, but his administration still tramples on the rights and freedoms of others.
* Supports indefinite detention of citizens, even without charges.
* Continues to advocate spending billions of $$$ in places that don't want us there. Either via war or "aid". Also, seems to think that it's ok to fight for "freedom" in other countries (whether they want us there or not)while restricting ours here.
* Favors what amounts to the acceptance of blasphemy laws even in "free-speech" countries to placate the religious reich (all religions)
*Advocates his administration's continued war on cannabis. A substance less harmful than legal alcohol. He won't even use his authority to re-classify so that those who are actually helped by it can get it without having to jump through hoops.

Not that it would be any better under Romney. With him, we can kiss all of our civil liberties good bye and just move the CEOs into the Whitehouse. Like the Koch's need any more money. They bought Walker, how long before they buy FrankenMitt.

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