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Gallup: Conservatives shift in favor of openly gay service members

From Gallup:

Weekly churchgoers also show double-digit increase in support from 2004

BY LYMARI MORALES

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans are six percentage points more likely than they were four years ago to favor allowing openly gay men and lesbian women to serve in the military, 69% to 63%. While liberals and Democrats remain the most supportive, the biggest increase in support has been among conservatives and weekly churchgoers -- up 12 and 11 percentage points, respectively.

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