(Political Animal) GAYS IN THE MILITARY.... Good news: according to a new Washington Post poll, just about everyone now favors allowing openly gay recruits to serve in the military:

Support from Republicans has doubled over the past 15 years, from 32 to 64 percent. More than eight in 10 Democrats and more than three-quarters of independents now support the idea, as did nearly two-thirds of self-described conservatives.

....Fifty-seven percent of white evangelical Protestants now support allowing openly gay service members in the military, compared with 82 percent of white Catholics and 80 percent of those with no declared religious affiliation. Three-quarters of both married and single people support the idea, both significantly higher than in 1993.

It looks like the American public is finally growing up.

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