Poll shows massive support for gays in military
A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll that surveyed 1,004 adults found that 79 percent of all Americans believe that gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military. In the 18-29 year age range, 91 percent said that gays should be allowed to serve openly. Seventy-three percent of men, and 85 percent of women, responded affirmatively. In August, 2003 a Fox News poll found 64 percent of the public believed that gays should be allowed to serve openly in the military. Previously, a 2001 survey published by MIT Press found that 56 percent of civilian respondents believed the same. "After ten years of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the public understands that discrimination undermines military effectiveness," said Geoffrey Bateman, Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military. Proud Parenting
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