Reply #9: Check out Pew Poll on: religion [View All]

[bluedawg12]

This snippette is interesting but check out the poll summary link, it's fascinating and maybe shows some room for where we can reach out tofair minded Americans.


http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=254

>More Favor Gays Serving Openly

Consistent with a recent rise in the number of Americans who favor legalized marriage and civil unions for gays and lesbians(2), public support for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military has increased modestly since the mid-1990s. Currently, 58% say gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly, up from 52% in July 1994. Equally important, intense opposition has decreased ­ from 26% in 1994 to 15% today.

Solid majorities of seculars (72%), white Catholics (72%) and mainline Protestants (63%) believe gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the nation's military; most white evangelical Protestants (55%) disagree<