Poll Shows Cal. Majority Support Gay Marriage

When it comes to civil rights, it seems the longer you wait, the saner people become.

At 51% to 42%, this is a definitive finding, since the margin over error isn't very likely to be 9% (the report doesn't say). This is bad news for the "save marriage" crowd, who want to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot. They're going to have a hard time explaining what they're trying to "save" marriage from.

clipped from ap.google.com More California voters now support allowing same-sex marriage than oppose it, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The results mark the first time in over three decades of polling by the Field Poll that more California voters have approved of extending marriage to gay couples than have disapproved, said Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo. The survey of 1,052 registered voters was conducted over the phone. The poll found that 51 percent of respondents backed legalizing same-sex marriage and 42 percent opposed it, DiCamillo said.