I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Congress and the White House have reached a compromise on repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy that says openly gay men and women can’t serve in the military. The measure is moving quickly and could soon come to a vote in Congress.
U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman and U.S. Reps. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan have all said they support ending the ban.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates had wished for no action on the policy until a Pentagon review was finished. This would be on December 1. He gave “lukewarm support” to a compromise that would allow Congress to vote soon on a repeal that would not go into effect until later this year.
A recent CNN poll showed overwhelming support for allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military. Nearly 80 percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, supported allowing openly gay men and women in the military.
“Support is widespread, even among Republicans. Nearly six in ten Republicans favor allowing openly gay individuals to serve in the military,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “There is a gender gap, with 85 percent of women and 71 percent of men favoring the change, but support remains high among both groups.”
Meanwhile, a Gallup poll found that, for the first time that Gallup has been asking the question, a majority of people find gay and lesbian relationships morally acceptable.
The CNN poll of 1,023 adult Americans was conducted from May 21-23. The survey’s overall sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The Gallup poll was of 1,029 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted May 3-6, 2010 and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.
Both were conducted by telephone.
