Troops' approval of gays in military bucks historical trend

OnlinePoker

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Sat Nov-27-10 10:35 PM
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Troops' approval of gays in military bucks historical trend

Source: Fox News Website

"...70 percent of respondents were expected to say that lifting the ban would have a positive or mixed effect, or none at all"...

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/27/troops-approval-gays-military-buck-historial-trend/

Surprised that it was on Fox where I read this, but positive news no matter how you look at it.

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bemildred

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Sat Nov-27-10 10:43 PM
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1. Historical trends are all in the past. nt

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Politicub

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Sat Nov-27-10 11:07 PM
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2. Times they are a'changing

And not a minute too soon.

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2QT2BSTR8

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Sat Nov-27-10 11:10 PM
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3. Did anyone else catch this tidbit?

If you go to the FoxNews site, and go to the above referenced article off the main page, the title of the link is "Troops RESIST Ban On Gays in Military", even though the link contains a story of support. I hope I am not the only person that caught this.

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Sat Nov-27-10 11:40 PM
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4. To resist the ban means to approve of letting gays serve. nt

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2QT2BSTR8

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Sun Nov-28-10 09:14 AM
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5. Doh! Thank you tblue37

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tblue37

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Sun Nov-28-10 11:16 PM
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8. Actually, I think that phrasing was a deliberate attempt to make it sound

Edited on Sun Nov-28-10 11:17 PM by tblue37

as though the troops were resisting allowing gays to serve openly in the military, not resisting the ban. Your misreading was probably a very common one that the headline writer intended to happen.

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No Elephants

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Sun Nov-28-10 12:57 PM
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7. There is no ban on gays serving (or dying) in the military, only a ban on gay troops being honest

Edited on Sun Nov-28-10 01:01 PM by No Elephants

about how God made them (or, if you prefer, about who they were born to be).

Makes it impossible for gays to live up to the supposed Army ideal of integrity, but what the hell. Gays should be used to being in impossible situations. (:sarcasm:, for tose who need the emote)

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Sun Nov-28-10 11:44 AM
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6. This is an utter failure of leadership

75% of the American people. 70% of the actual military. This should be a slam dunk. Pres. Obama needs to lead his fucking party and get this done.

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