IT's definately a step in the right direction. Here in the US I am banned for 246 years… Where the fuck did they pull out that number from? What was more upsetting was the blood service was on site at my work and since I was getting banned, they made a huge scene in front of dozens of my co-workers. :afraid:

Thanks for the information Spintendo.  :cheers:

On this topic, it is looking like such laws will soon change in Canada on account of a research study being conducted to test the effects of someone who is HIV+ donating blood to be used for someone else that is HIV+. So far, the study has been able to conclude that such a practice may actually be worth while, which would help relieve the shortage of blood because it would leave blood that would have otherwise been used for someone who is HIV+ for someone else who is in dyer need because they had another HIV+ donor in which to donate the blood. Perhaps Canada really is leaps and bounds ahead here…

Not gay?! I somehow doubt that :lolp:

Military officials also say the disparity in benefits between gay married couples and heterosexual couples also must be addressed. Gays and lesbians will share the same barracks and bathroom facilities as other troops. But those legally married will be treated differently from heterosexual married couples when it comes to assigned housing, relocation packages and some other benefits. Yep, Jim Crow is alive and well in the US still. Married gays won't get any of the benefits that married heteros get.

Like most of Europe, the UK gives some extremely weak punishments for crimes.

that might be nice hehehe

are telling would-be voters the new mandate would inappropriately expose young children to sex, infringe on parental rights and silence religion-based criticisms of homosexuality. Conservatives can't win on the facts, so they always go for the scare tactics.

@leatherbear: He also notes that he does not dislike gay people. Yep, I feel the love. Saying you are going to hell and are guilty of earthquakes doesn't mean I don't like you.

Always glad to read such stories. Hope their family will continue as they are. It's important that people see that you don't require a wife to raise a kid. In my country kids are the biggest card used against homosexuals (apparently gay men only adopt boys and molest them  ::) )

The dirty little secret is that parents have no idea what the "good" teachers did while they were in college.  Just because it's not on video or posted on the web doesn't mean it didn't happen. I can't tell you how many stories I have read about college girls working at a strip club to pay the tuition. What a double standard.

This isn't anything really all that new. Women have been renting their stuff to make money for college for ages. When I was in college, I knew a guy (hetero) and a girl who tricked with men for cash.

As fucked up as today's Laws are at least we don't have to live with these sanctions.  :cheers:

:cheers: Mista Mahaj P  :cheers:

Now that's just sad… I'm not quite sure if they really mean what they said, or if it's just a code for "that's a subject that's too controversial for us to even begin to touch, so we're just going to say no"... Kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it?

This is infuriating to say the least… On top of trying to hide behind a "case by case basis" bullshit, which apparently means nothing, they're tearing a PHA (Person with HIV/AIDS) away from their primary source of care. In addition to tearing apart a marriage, they're also fucking with the health and well-being both physically and mentally of one of their OWN CITIZENS! Since when is it a policy of the United States government to endanger the lives of the people that they are sworn to protect? I can foresee a pretty massive lawsuit coming into place here based on the fact that stress is one of the key factors involved in maintaining a reasonable CD4 count. Imposing such a stress on a PHA in this regard would be the absolute worst thing you could possibly do for their health for this fact alone, much less the other contributing factors. This makes it official... I have officially lost ALL faith in the US Government. They're more of a dictatorship than a democratic society. They seem to think they can police the world and do whatever the fuck they want and try to justify it at the same time. This is truly sickening.