Apparently, John Kerry and a few other Democratic (and one Independent) Senators have elected to support homosexuals who want to donate blood. The 27-year-old ban began in the late seventies at the beginning of the AIDS crisis, in order to “protect” people from getting blood contaminated with the virus. Since then, checking blood has become mandatory (wasn’t it already?) and thus nobody is getting any extra protection from this blind generalization. In other words, stop discriminating against me, you fucks.
Now, to be perfectly honest, I’m effing terrified of needles and will probably never donate blood regardless of if the ban is lifted. Also worth noting is that I could always just, like, lie about my sexual history? You know, if I wanted to.
Still, the point is, nobody should be allowed to tell me or others that we cannot donate blood except ourselves. So, if the bill should get to a public vote, you know… Vote yes. And I’ll try to think of another excuse not to donate.
The most interesting fact about the donation ban is that lesbians are still allowed to donate blood. It’s only gay men (or the female mates of bisexual men) that are banned. Also, they seem to think it’s not blind discrimination if they’re only banning men who have acted upon their urges, but I think that’s also how some “Christians” justify hating homosexuals: “I don’t hate the person; I hate the act,” etc. (As if they’re smart enough to use a semi-colon properly…).
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