Gay agenda: Gay activists seek to lift ban on blood donations. (regular, state)

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

So you post a link that shows the benefits to same sex marriage.

Ah but most gays aren't married even in states that allow it.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Then why would you want any blood that can't be 100% certain?

You can lower the risk factor by eliminating gays.

Simple logic.

Apply it.

[Mason3000]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Unprotected sex increases the chances, it should be a ban on anyone having unprotected sex, gay or straight..

But all unprotected sex is not the same. Banning Heterosexual men who've had unprotected sex would do almost nothing to the odds of contracting HIV because Heterosexual men having unprotected sex are highly unlikelyto ever contract/pass HIV. However, if you eliminate 2% of the population (Gay men) from donating blood, you lower the chances of an innocent victim being infected by almost 60%. Now eliminate IV drug users & the odds become extremely unlikely that an innocent victim will be infected. It's not discrimination, it's reality & common sense.

[winkosmosis]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Unprotected sex increases the chances, it should be a ban on anyone having unprotected sex, gay or straight..

Not true. The risk with unprotected sex between a man/woman and woman/woman are pretty low. For man/man it's extremely high.

[Mason3000]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Then you eliminate a large number of gay men and lots of straight people who are having unprotected sex.

So Heterosexual men who have unprotected sex should be banned from donating blood despite not being high risk for contracting/passing HIV? Why?

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by hammertime33

Basic statistics lesson:

Gay men account for half of HIV infections ≠ Gay men have a 50% chance of having HIV

Correct, what percentage of gay men are HIV positive? If you randomly selected 1000 gay men how many would have HIV.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by winkosmosis

Not true. The risk with unprotected sex between a man/woman and woman/woman are pretty low. For man/man it's extremely high.

Well it is good to know you rely on false logic, did you know a woman can't get pregnant for a week after her period?

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Correct, what percentage of gay men are HIV positive? If you randomly selected 1000 gay men how many would have HIV.

Well you wouldn't have half of them being HIV positive if that is what you are wondering.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by T-310

You can lower the risk factor by eliminating gays.

Simple logic.

Apply it.

You can really lower the risk by eliminating unprotected sex, simple logic.

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Correct, what percentage of gay men are HIV positive? If you randomly selected 1000 gay men how many would have HIV.

That's a tough thing to pin down - a big problem being defining what a gay man is and then measuring how many gay men there are. My best educated guess (and it is based on more than a gut feeling) would be somewhere between 10-15% of gay men are HIV positive.