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Close vote on American Red Cross blood drive policy
Date: 11/17/2008 05:28 pm
The Speaker of the Senate of the University of Vermont
student government cast the tie-breaking vote on a resolution banning American
Red Cross (ARC) blood drives on campus because of their policies deferring
donations from gay men. The 16-15 vote to
not ban ARC blood drives came after a long and contentious debate and advocates
promised to re-raise the issue.
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