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BLOOD SERVICES ALLOWED TO BAN GAY MEN'S DONATIONS
Canadian Blood Services is legally allowed to ban men who have sex with men from donating blood, an Ontario court has found. Gay rights groups are furious with the decision.
In a ruling Thursday, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed a constitutional challenge from a man who tried to fight the policy. The court decided that the Charter of Rights does not apply to the blood agency's policies, because it is not a government entity.
The ruling stems from a case that began with Canadian Blood Services suing a gay man named Kyle Freeman, who lied about his sexual status when he donated blood.
VIA http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100909/donation-policy-100909/20100909/?hub=CalgaryHome [9/9/10]
MEXICAN CARDINAL CLAIMS PROOF OF BRIBERY IN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULING Apparently, the Roman Catholic Cardinal who alleged that the mayor of Mexico City bribed the Supreme Court of that nation has proof of the ill deeds, though he will not say what the proof is, where it came from, or allowed anyone to inspect it. Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez alleged that Mayor Marcelo Ebrard bribed the Supreme Court in order to uphold the city's laws regarding marriage equality. Ebrard has threatened Iniguez with a slander complaint over the allegations, and for "moral damage." > Full Story. [8/19/10]
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