Newsweek's new poll shows what we already knew, support for gays civil rights is growing:
One reason that tolerance for gay marriage and civil unions may be on the rise is that a growing number of Americans say they know someone who's gay. While in 1994, a NEWSWEEK Poll found that only 53 percent of those questioned knew a gay or lesbian person, that figure today is 78 percent. Drilling down a bit more, 38 percent of adults work with someone gay, 33 percent have a gay family member and 66 percent have a gay friend or acquaintance.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/12/getting-to-know-the-gays/207821/
