Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: 61% in poll back delay in lifting curbs on gays Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 17:26:45 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION \SS (WS) \HD 61% in poll back delay in lifting curbs on gays \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Sixty-one percent of the American people say President-elect Bill Clinton should delay his promise to lift restrictions on homosexuals in the military, according to a Newsweek poll. Support for the proposal to permit homosexuals in the armed forces dropped from 59 percent in August to 48 percent currently. That's the first time since 1977 that support to end the ban on homosexuals in the military has dropped below 50 percent, Newsweek says in the issue that comes out tomorrow. More than half of those surveyed, 56 percent, said homosexuals should be permitted to serve in a presidential Cabinet. The Gallup organization interviewed 764 adults Nov. 19-20 for the Newsweek poll, which has a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percent. Fifty-three percent said they believed shoring up the economy was more important than cutting the deficit. And 59 percent said they expect to pay higher taxes under Mr. Clinton's economic plan. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM