An article posted by feministblogs.org talks about an article written about the military becoming more accepting of gays and lesbians in service. The article uses information from ABC/Washington Post polls that asked whether or not gays and lesbians should be able to serve in the army AND whether or not they should be allowed to serve while openly disclosing their sexual orientation.


The "Don't ask don't tell" (DADT) policy was passed in 1993, less than half of the people surveyed thought that gays and lesbians should be able to openly serve, 60% however did support them being able to serve as long as their sexual orientation was not disclosed.

17 years later the same question was asked..
The graph shows the results..

The blue line represents "Do you think that homosexuals who do NOT publicly disclose their sexual orientation should be allowed to serve in the military?"
The red line represents "Do you think homosexuals who DO publicly disclose their sexual orientation should be allowed to serve in the military?"


In 2008 75% of those surveyed thought it was okay for gays and lesbians to serve with out any restrictions.

If the government chooses to revoke the DADT policy is up in the air.. but the support from the general public is clear.


http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/12/02/increasing-u-s-public-support-for-gays-in-the-military/