Transgender Advocates Celebrate Gallup Poll, Ignore Conflicting Data
The homosexual advocacy American Military Partner Association (AMPA) has merged with OutServe-SLDN to form the Modern Military Association of America. (Apparently, being anything other than heterosexual is “modern.”) The group recently celebrated results from a Gallup poll that appear to show the majority of Americans supporting transgender service in the US military. From their release:
As this survey proves, an overwhelming majority of Americans — including a majority of veterans — agree that what matters is the ability to accomplish the mission, not someone’s gender identity.
While that’s a convenient conclusion, the survey “proves” no such thing.
The survey (available here) does say that 71% of “national adults” “favor allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the military?” But look at an important breakdown:
Military veterans: 56% support, 43% oppose
Non-veterans: 73% support, 25% oppose
It would seem people who have actually served in the military are Read more