Banning blood drives

Its a scary thought that high schools and colleges can and do ban the Red Cross from performing blood drives.

How can anyone hate the Red Cross? Oh, they don't they just hate the fact that the FDA won't allow gays to give blood.

So essentially the Red Cross, which is opposed to the FDA's stance is being blamed for the FDA decision to ban gay who have had sex from donating blood.

Colleges around the US have been banning the Red Cross from blood drives as a result.

I am very against this. I can understand wanting gays to give blood, there is no real point to banning them if the Red Cross tests blood for HIV now anyways. But to fight this by punishing victims in need of blood is wrong.

There is a shortage of blood supplies...so what people are proposing is making it even shorter because in their opinion the FDA will have to respond.

But ask yourself this, what if a family member needed blood and there wasn't enough due to an increased shortage? Would you be changing the tune of your voice all of a sudden?

In the end, why make the victims who need blood suffer all because of political agendas?

There are others ways to fight the FDA without punishing people for something they have no control over.

I just don't like the idea of toying with human life for this cause. Its disrespectful and dangerous.

Its scary how anyone can deny saving a human life like that. Punishing all for one does not help the situation.

Its a sociopathic response.