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I don't necessarily believe this poll but if it is true then we should start a campaign to change this. There are thousands of cases of same sex abuse in the military and more than any other type of abuse it goes unpunished.
1 posted on 02/11/2010 9:44:13 AM PST by Maelstorm
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Military men are silent victims of sexual assault
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/military-men-are-silent-victims-sexual-assault

Causality of Silence: Cody Openshaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybfbxwyczz0


2 posted on 02/11/2010 9:45:30 AM PST by Maelstorm (We are umbilicaled to a parasitic beast that feeds off one man so to enslave another to dependency.)
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I’m betting that they didn’t poll anyone actually IN the military—except, perhaps, gays. Everyone I know who’s serving or has served is against this. Strongly.


3 posted on 02/11/2010 9:46:49 AM PST by MizSterious (Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm? John Page, 1744-1808)
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At the same time a poll is released that shows Palin approval numbers way low....

Things that make you go Hmmmmmmm...

Wag that dog!


4 posted on 02/11/2010 9:47:29 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal texted me at 0330 on 2/3/10: AMERICA!)
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How much of this so-called “majority” would be willing and able to serve in the military if called upon to do so?


5 posted on 02/11/2010 9:47:33 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Does the “Majority” have a DD-214 if not then I don’t give a ^(^( what the “majority” thinks! ^(*^%*& You!


6 posted on 02/11/2010 9:48:00 AM PST by US Navy Vet
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Ask those in the military, not the overwhelming majority of liberals who will never be in the military.
8 posted on 02/11/2010 9:48:14 AM PST by fwdude (It is not the liberals who will destroy this country, but the "moderates.")
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The only majority that should count comprises the men and women of the Armed Forces.


9 posted on 02/11/2010 9:48:31 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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Well we know from Obama to ignore the polls cause they are just wrong. When he sees this poll he will probably change course and go with the minority, such is his political acumen.


10 posted on 02/11/2010 9:49:23 AM PST by w1andsodidwe (How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
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No homos in the military!! Worst idea ever!!


12 posted on 02/11/2010 9:51:44 AM PST by Jim Robinson (JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
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Did the poll have a choice of: Yes - in the front lines only?


14 posted on 02/11/2010 9:52:19 AM PST by anonsquared (TEA PARTY 2010 - THROW 'EM ALL IN THE HARBOR!)
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This isn't really news...when was the last time that a majority of Americans weren't in favor of gays being able to openly serve in the military when polled?
17 posted on 02/11/2010 9:54:40 AM PST by heysean
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I find this hard to believe. They should look for a more honest approach to this poll and ask the men and women who serve in the military. I do not believe the military supports this.


19 posted on 02/11/2010 9:55:47 AM PST by Millicent_Hornswaggle (Retired US Marine wife)
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So let me get this straight (pun most assuredly intended)..there's not a single state in which homosexual marriage has been enacted/approved in a statewide referendum and yet I'm supposed to believe that a majority...even a slim majority...of Americans support homosexuals in the military?

Sorry,I'm not buying it.

21 posted on 02/11/2010 9:56:05 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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How is it that a very small percentage of perverts command so much power?


23 posted on 02/11/2010 9:56:11 AM PST by animal172 (Can a girl with a mole on her face be happy married to a gopher?)
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Gays may be serving in the military now and doing a good job - precisely because they must keep it hidden.

Once homosexuality is in the open in the military, the cultural rot begins.

Political correctness is death by a thousand pin-pricks. While the problems may not be obvious immediately, but when they do become obvious, it will be far too late.


26 posted on 02/11/2010 9:59:08 AM PST by PGR88
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We all know that Americans in 2010 are way too holy and righteous to approve of homosexuality. Debauchery is limited to tv and movies and maybe California. Poll must be bogus.


27 posted on 02/11/2010 10:01:09 AM PST by all the best
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Poll results here: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1422
Voters from military households with an active or reserve member or a veteran in their family split 48 - 47 percent on ending "don't ask; don't tell."

Support for repeal is 72 - 23 percent among Democrats and 56 - 37 percent among independent voters.

Republicans oppose repeal 53 - 40 percent.

--- In my interpretation...

40% of Republicans don't oppose repeal (or in other words 60% are presumed to not be advocating this new policy change).

Military families are split dead even on this (for/against), they probably needed a bigger sample pool.

This was found in the same poll:

Terror Trials

American voters say 59 - 35 percent that 9/11 terrorism suspects should be tried in military courts rather than in civilian courts, as currently planned. Voters say 68 - 25 percent that terrorism suspects should not receive all of the constitutional protections afforded by a civilian trial. Democrats prefer civilian courts 48 - 45 percent. Support for military courts is 73 - 23 percent among Republicans and 61 - 33 percent among independent voters.

The suspect who allegedly tried to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day should be tried as an enemy combatant rather than as an ordinary criminal, voters say 76 - 19 percent. But voters approve 52 - 42 percent of the FBI's advice to the suspect of his right to remain silent.

I see percents but I don't see the number of participants of each political ideology.

28 posted on 02/11/2010 10:01:14 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning" Obama 2/4/2010)
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Poll: Majority Supports Gays in Military In The Lead Humvee On The Roads That Have Been Mined

There, fixed it.


30 posted on 02/11/2010 10:02:55 AM PST by anonsquared (TEA PARTY 2010 - THROW 'EM ALL IN THE HARBOR!)
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Quinnipiac is biased toward the left. Also, note that the respondents say that it’s OK for gays to serve, but that they should “limit displaying their sexual orientation on the job.”

In other words, they don’t quite understand the question, since that’s pretty much what “don’t ask, don’t tell” is. Clinton’s policy was actually a slight liberalization, since the previous policy was theoretically that it was wrong for gays to be in the military at all.

Also, as already said, I doubt whether they phoned any military bases to ask for responses. So they may have gotten a few vets, but the poll still was biased—in addition to their usual leftish bias.


31 posted on 02/11/2010 10:03:42 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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32 posted on 02/11/2010 10:07:22 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (You don't have to be ignorant to be a Democrat...but if you are...so what?)
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