Majority of Americans back equality for gays, poll says
WASHINGTON – More than half of Americans back equal treatment for gays, according to a recent poll.
In a Harris Interactive study of straight Americans, 56 percent said people should be more supportive of gay equality. Young Americans, ages 18 to 44, expressed more support with 60 percent backing equal treatment for the homosexual community.
"People's attitudes are changing, particularly the younger generation, and people who don't have a direct connection to a gay person are speaking up and they think it's right to speak up," said Jean-Marie Navetta, spokeswoman for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) National, which commission the poll....
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