LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: There were some close decisions issued yesterday by the Supreme Court, and not all of them have the support of the American people it turns out. Frank Newport is the Gallup Poll editor-in-chief. He joins us once again now from Princeton, New Jersey -- Frank.</s>FRANK NEWPORT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, GALLUP POLL: Well, Leon, this past weekend we asked the American public about several decisions which are forthcoming from the Supreme Court, as you pointed out. First, on the issue of gay Boy Scout leader, we asked the public: Should or must the Boy Scouts of America be required to allow an openly gay person be a leader? You can see here, the public 64 percent said, no, they should not be required, with is in accordance with what the Supreme Court decided. So, on this issue, the public says: Yes, we agree with what the Supreme Court said. Let the Boy Scouts of America decide on their own who they allow to be their leaders. By the way, we thought we would show you on this a very age- related variable on this one. If you are young, 18-29, about half say, yes, you should require an openly gay person to be a leader if he or she wants to. However, when you get older, you can see a much lower percent along those lines, much more agreement with the Supreme Court. The other decision, one other decision had to do with abortion protesters, should there be restrictions which prevent them from coming very close to people entering abortion clinics? American public 80 percent plus say those are reasonable restrictions. Then, on the partial-birth abortion issue, in Nebraska, this is one where the public disagrees with the Supreme Court. It has consistently, if we measured it, you can see about two-thirds of Americans say they would agree with the law that makes partial birth abortions illegal. That's what was struck down in Nebraska by the Supreme Court. However, we should point out, on abortions in general, it is a much smaller percent who says all abortions should be illegal. There is the public opinion on these very, very important issues. Back to you in Atlanta.</s>LIN: Than you, Frank.
Gallup Poll: Majority of Americans Support Boy Scouts' Right to Eliminate Gays from Leadership Positions