More than half of straight Americans back equal treatment for gays, and seven out of 10 said they have spoken out for the homosexual community in the face of verbal attacks, a poll said Thursday.
One third of poll respondents said they would not speak out in defense of gays to avoid confrontation, the online Harris Poll survey of nearly 2,200 adults conducted late September showed.
And one in five cited religious or moral grounds for not speaking out in defense of gays -- but an equal percentage gave the same reasons for doing so.
The poll was released to coincide with the launch of the Straight for Equality program by the non-profit organization Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
One third of poll respondents said they would not speak out in defense of gays to avoid confrontation, the online Harris Poll survey of nearly 2,200 adults conducted late September showed.
And one in five cited religious or moral grounds for not speaking out in defense of gays -- but an equal percentage gave the same reasons for doing so.
The poll was released to coincide with the launch of the Straight for Equality program by the non-profit organization Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
Straight for Equality "is reaching out to straight people who don't have an immediate relative who is gay or lesbian to start speaking up" for the rights of the homosexual and transgender community, PFLAG spokeswoman Jean-Marie Navetta told AFP ahead of the launch, which will kick off the group's four-day national convention in Washington.
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