Ethics

Even Conservatives Want DADT Ended

By Ed Brayton

According to a recent Gallup poll, public opinion on allowing gays to serve openly in the military has changed so much that even a majority of conservatives now favor it.

Americans are six percentage points more likely than they were four years ago to favor allowing openly gay men and lesbian women to serve in the military, 69% to 63%. While liberals and Democrats remain the most supportive, the biggest increase in support has been among conservatives and weekly churchgoers -- up 12 and 11 percentage points, respectively.

Here's the chart of results:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).