Public acceptance of gays is the new normal - Bath, NY - The Courier

Public acceptance of gays is the new normal

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By Pat Cunningham

The increase in public acceptance of gay relations over the past 35 years, as measured by Gallup polls, has been nothing less than dramatic.

In Ronald Reagan’s second term as president, as many as 57 percent of Americans said same-sex relations between consenting adults should not be legal. Today, 63 percent say such relations should be legal.

And, as Gallup REPORTED this morning, most Americans have no moral objection to homosexual relations:

The slight majority of American adults, 54%, consider gay or lesbian relations morally acceptable. Public acceptance of gay/lesbian relations as morally acceptable grew slowly but steadily from 38% in 2002 to ...

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