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| Marine Gen. Peter Pace drew criticism this week for anti-gay remarks. But in 1990, Pace, then a colonel and barracks commander, agreed to meet with gay activists to discuss ways to avoid confrontations between gays and Marines after an assault at a D.C. gay bar. (Photo by AP) |
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the military.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who trails Giuliani in most Republican presidential contender polls, supports “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
But the positions maintained by McCain and Pace are an increasingly minority position.
A poll last year by the Pew Research Center found 60 percent of Americans think gays should be allowed to serve openly. In a separate poll last year of 545 soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, 73 percent of troops said they were comfortable interacting with gay service members.
Log Cabin Republicans reiterated the statistics in a statement denouncing Pace’s comments.
“General Pace’s remarks are out of touch with most Americans and the majority of men and women on the ground serving under his leadership,” said Patrick Sammon, the group’s executive director. “We respect General Pace’s service to our nation, but he has allowed his personal views to get in the way of his duty to his country.”
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