Very Interesting. . . .

This OpEd from NYT on this new report from Gallup:


Last week, while many of us were distracted by the oil belching forth from the gulf floor and the president’s ham-handed attempts to demonstrate that he was sufficiently engaged and enraged, Gallup released a stunning, and little noticed, report on Americans’ evolving views of homosexuality. Allow me to enlighten:

1. For the first time, the percentage of Americans who perceive “gay and lesbian relations” as morally acceptable has crossed the 50 percent mark. (You have to love the fact that they still use the word “relations.” So quaint.) 

2. Also for the first time, the percentage of men who hold that view is greater than the percentage of women who do. 

3. This new alignment is being led by a dramatic change in attitudes among younger men, but older men’s perceptions also have eclipsed older women’s. While women’s views have stayed about the same over the past four years, the percentage of men ages 18 to 49 who perceived these “relations” as morally acceptable rose by 48 percent, and among men over 50, it rose by 26 percent

I have to admit, the breakdown surprised me -- the growth of acceptance among men has pretty much skyrocketed.  Check out the article and the Gallup report.  There's some fascinating insights.