School Board Bars Blood Drive Since Donations from Sexually Active Homosexuals Banned

MONTREAL, March 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The commissioners of a Montreal school board have voted to opt out of Héma Québec’s blood drive program. The board disagrees with Héma’s policy to reduce HIV contamination of blood products by screening actively homosexual men from donating blood. The Commission Scolaire de Montréal believes that Héma Québec’s policy sends a ‘false’ message to students: that sodomy is a risk factor for contracting the HIV virus.  “Héma Québec’s current ban on gay donors leaves the false impression only homosexuals are at risk for contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,” board vice-chairperson Paul Trottier, who introduced the proposal, said. “As an educational institution, we cannot allow this kind of false perception to continue,” Trottier said.  In fact, practicing homosexual men are much more likely to be infected with the HIV virus. In a recent presentation to the Canadian Senate, Dr. Andre Lafrance noted that in December 2001 Health Canada reported a cumulative total of 18,026 AIDS cases.  “Of the 16,047 adult male AIDS cases, 77.9 per cent were attributed to men who have sex with men.  That is their language for homosexual men.  An additional 5 per cent was attributed to a group of men who were both men who have sex with men and intravenous drug users,” said Dr. Lafrance.  Jean Marc Crête, chairperson of the Commission Scolaire (Saint) Marguerite Bourgeoys, said that schools are mandated to educate children “socially, as well as academically. I do believe it’s a part of education,” said Crête. “You do have a certain percentage of students who are homosexual who couldn’t participate in these drives. It’s very much a social issue within our school walls.”  The decision by the board incited fury from members of the Canadian Hemophilia Society, who said that safety of recipients is more important than the causes of donors.  Although the incidence of HIV/AIDS is increasing in all groups, Trottier asserts that HIV transmission is not the result of homosexual sex. Statistically however, one-third of boys who adopt a homosexual lifestyle will contract HIV or be dead before the age of 30.  Send commissioner Paul Trottier an e-mail: [email protected]   Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage “New Research Confirms Condoms Not Effective in HIV Prevention” at: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/jan/04011408.html   Also read the LifeSiteNews.com special report, “Canada’s Pro-Homosexual Indoctrination Questioned Yesterday At The United Nations,” which documents that almost one third of boys who adopt the homosexual lifestyle will be HIV positive or dead before the age of 30. They have the life span of a Canadian living in 1871. https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jun/030612a.html