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OTTAWA – A judge has sided with safety first in a court case brought by a gay man who has been banned from giving blood.
The impact of denying gay or bisexual men the right to give blood is "not in the same league" as asking the people who need that blood to accept lower safety standards.
Ontario Superior Court Judge Catherine Aitken upheld the Canadian Blood Service ban against Kyle Freeman, who argued it violates his constitutional right to equal treatment regardless of sexual orientation.
Canadian Blood Services also won its lawsuit against Freeman for negligent misrepresentation when he lied about his sexual history when giving blood. Aitken's written decision says she accepts that gay and bisexual men may feel "a loss of dignity, a feeling of marginalization, a sense of disappointment, and a sense of injustice" when denied the opportunity to give blood, especially given their history of facing discrimination.
However, that's not the same as the impact on people who need blood or blood products. The judge wrote they should not be asked to accept lower safety standards, even though an adequate blood supply is available with higher safety standards in place.
"They also have a history of the system failing them," Aitken wrote, "and if the system fails them again, their lives may be on the line."
B hunter
I'm Not gay but;
Thank God I live in the land of the free, it took years for USA to stop discrimination now we got to get those God freeks under controll,
The impact of denying gay or bisexual men the right to give blood is "not in the same league" as asking the people who need that blood to accept lower safety standards.
Ontario Superior Court Judge Catherine Aitken upheld the Canadian Blood Service ban against Kyle Freeman, who argued it violates his constitutional right to equal treatment regardless of sexual orientation.
Canadian Blood Services also won its lawsuit against Freeman for negligent misrepresentation when he lied about his sexual history when giving blood. Aitken's written decision says she accepts that gay and bisexual men may feel "a loss of dignity, a feeling of marginalization, a sense of disappointment, and a sense of injustice" when denied the opportunity to give blood, especially given their history of facing discrimination.
However, that's not the same as the impact on people who need blood or blood products. The judge wrote they should not be asked to accept lower safety standards, even though an adequate blood supply is available with higher safety standards in place.
"They also have a history of the system failing them," Aitken wrote, "and if the system fails them again, their lives may be on the line."
B hunter
I'm Not gay but;
Thank God I live in the land of the free, it took years for USA to stop discrimination now we got to get those God freeks under controll,
