What’s In a Name?

It turns out that what you call something makes a bigger difference than you might hope.  A new New York Times/CBS News poll asked if Gays and Lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military.  6 in 10 were in favor.  In theory this should bode well for repealing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.

But wait… the organization then re-ran the poll with the same demographic and asked if homosexuals should be allowed to serve openly.  This time, only 4 in 10 were in favor.   Presumably this means that somewhere around a fifth of Americans are thinking they’re okay with Gays and Lesbians, as long as they’re not the homosexual kind.

…And isn’t it just like the damned homosexual Gays to go and ruin it for all the other ones?

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