MOST ENLISTEES IN POLL BACK HOMOSEXUAL BAN

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, February 28, 1993                   TAG: 9302280189
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
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MOST ENLISTEES IN POLL BACK HOMOSEXUAL BAN
An overwhelming number of enlisted personnel in the military oppose President Clinton's plan to lift a ban on homosexuals in the services and predict widespread violence if openly gay men and lesbians are admitted to their ranks, according to a poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times.
In the nationwide survey of more than 2,300 enlistees from all three military services and the Marine Corps, 74 percent of those who responded said they disapprove of a proposed policy change that would allow avowed gay men and lesbians to serve. And 81 percent predicted that gay GIs would be subjected to physical violence at the hands of their fellow service members.
Ten percent of potential military careerists said they would not remain in the service if gays were allowed to serve openly.
The most commonly expressed reasons for the opposition were an unwillingness to share facilities and living quarters with gays, a belief that homosexuality is immoral, and fear of the spread of the AIDS virus.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB