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Old Dec 23, 2014, 8:05 pm
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Originally Posted by BarneyOakwood
I refuse to donate blood because of the anti-gay policies.
Originally Posted by cmn.jcs
Not to get too OMNI here, but that seems a touch strong given that (as I understand it) the developers of the policy are at the FDA, and the recipients of the blood are not associated with the FDA (broadly speaking). It seems like a rather ineffective way to express one's view.
The FDA just announced some relaxing on the gay donation front. Still won't allow donations from males that have had gay sex in the last year, but no longer all the way back to 1977.
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