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Excluding homosexuals from donating blood is antiquated and IMHO perpetuates the belief that those who are gay are deviate in their sexual behavior and carelessly participate in dangerous sexual behavior.
The policies prohibiting gays from donating was a knee jerk over two decades ago before any of these students in the campus blood drives were born. Since this policy was formed, there has been greater education and understand as to what people need to do to prevent the spread of HIV.
Two HIV free gay men are no more of a risk to the nation's blood supply than my wife and I are. It is not time to consider changing this policy, it is time to actually change it. Boycotts, bans on blood drives and protests aren't going to get it changed, education would be a better choice.
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