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- From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
- Subject: Re: I Become a Marrow Donor
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.214016.27455@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <1992Nov17.191136.5352@macc.wisc.edu> <Bxvq5w.F6q@phage.cshl.org> <Bxwxy9.IFq@world.std.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:40:16 GMT
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- In article <Bxwxy9.IFq@world.std.com> entropy@world.std.com (The Entropic one) writes:
- >>Interesting. This spring a friend of mine who happens to be gay and
- >>whose sexual experience happens to be exactly zero was disqualified
- >>from donating blood on the basis of being gay.
-
- Most unfortunate. It would be interesting to know if others have faced
- this. The questions (as I've understood them) at least in our local
- chapter have always been phrased in terms of behavior, and do not ask
- about orientation. Of course, it's been a while since I've given blood.
-
- >Perhaps he should ask if they mean
- >1) All gay people cannot be trusted.
- >2) All gay people have risk for AIDS even without risky activites.
- >When they answer sue for libel.
-
- Maybe you should learn what "libel" means before you start giving legal
- advice.
-
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- Steve Dyer
- dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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