An internal Pentagon study finds that most U.S. troops and their families don’t care whether gays are allowed to serve openly and think the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy could be dropped, the Associated Press reports, quoting officials familiar with its findings. A 103-question survey on the issue was sent to about 400,000 active-duty and Reserve forces and another 150,000 to family members as part of a year-long study ordered in February by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The study asked, among other things, whether the troops had ever shared a room or the showers with gay peers, and how they might act if a gay servicemember lived with a same-sex partner on base, The Washington Post reports.

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