CA Poll: Majority Back Gay Marriage

Earlier this week, a poll by The Los Angeles Times suggested a narrow majority of California residents would vote to ban marriage equality. There is better news today. A brand new Field Poll finds a majority of Golden State voters support the right of same-sex couples to marry.

According to the Sacramento Bee, "by 51 to 42 percent, state voters believe gay couples have the right to marry." However, the findings revealed California voters remain sharply divided over gay marriage, mostly split by age, political affiliation, religion and region. "68 percent of voters between 18 and 29 years old said they favored allowing same-sex couples to marry. Fifty-eight percent of voters 30 to 39 and 51 percent of voters 40-49 favored gay marriage. That compared with 47 percent of voters 50-64 and 36 percent of those over 65 who supported the idea."

Two weeks ago, the state supreme court made a landmark ruling on same sex marriage that paves the way for gay couples to marry as soon as June 14. There is a proposal on the November ballot to amend the ballot to ban same sex marriage. "The bottom line is to get a massive turnout of voters 18-49 to defeat that ballot initiative," notes Pam Spaulding.

Field Poll: Majority of CA Supports Gay Marriage [Sac Bee]

Some Background
Poll: Slim Majority in California Want to Ban Gay Marriage [R20]
CA Supreme Court Overturns Marriage Ban [R20]
Schwarzengger: Gay Marriage Good for Economy [R20]
Clinton, Obama's Bland Statements on CA Marriage [R20]
Pope Reiterates Opposition to Same Sex Marriage [R20]

Comments

[Mel Smith]

I hope this stuff don't get into the presidential race.

[Duwayne]

The Field poll is one of the most reliable in the state. They have had a few misses lately but most of the time they have been spot on. They are one of about two or three polling groups in the state of California that most people trust. This is good news, in California initiatives with less than sixty percent support often fail as the election gets closer. I am more confident that it will fail if it makes the ballot. I just hope GLBT Californians and those across the country will be able to get married sooner rather than later, I am getting tired of all of this waiting...

[DFS]

Still havent figured out a good reason why folks who arent gay should care about whether two gay people get married.

And no, forcing your religious beliefs on others is not a good reason

[JLResq]

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