BU Now » don’t ask don’t tell http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Poll: 75% back gays in military http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/12/poll-75-back-gays-in-military/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/12/poll-75-back-gays-in-military/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:24 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=4410 gays in the militaryA Washington Post-ABC News polls shows three-quarters of Americans say they approve of gays serving openly in the military.  Political science Professor Graham Wilson, author of “Only in America? American Politics in Comparative Perspective,” says it reflects the fact that American society was becoming more tolerant while our politics were becoming less so.

“While candidates were running on the three Gs (God, Gays and Guns), ordinary Americans were deciding they could live in peace and mutual respect with gay fellow citizens.”

Contact Graham Wilson, 617-353-2540, gkwilson@bu.edu

]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/12/poll-75-back-gays-in-military/feed/ 0 SCOTUS upholds “don’t ask” http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/08/scotus-upholds-dont-ask/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/08/scotus-upholds-dont-ask/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:15:39 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=946 1038828_u_s__supreme_court_2The Supreme Court has upheld the “don’t ask, don’t tell” Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military, deciding not to hear an appeal of a lower court’s rejection of a challenge to the 1993 law.  School of Law Professor Robert Volk, an authority on gay-rights law, can discuss the legal ramifications.

Contact Robert Volk, 617-353-3156, rvolk@bu.edu

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