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Source: New York Times , Los Angeles Times , Contra Costa Times , AFP CA Prop. 8 A giant rainbow-colored flag in the gay-friendly Castro neighborhood of San Francisco was flying at half-staff on Wednesday as social and religious conservatives celebrated the passage of measures that ban same-sex marriage...

Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel , Florida Times Union A poll taken this week for two Florida newspapers shows that an effort to constitutionally ban marriage equality in the state would still fail to get the super-majority needed to be enacted. The measure, Amendment 2, would likely also put some...

Source: Sacramento Bee , San Jose Mercury News , California Majority Report CA Prop. 8 A proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ban same-sex marriage in California has lost support during the past two months and now trails by a 17-point margin according to a new Field Poll released today, while...

Source: San Jose Mercury News , Bay Area Reporter CA Prop. 8 SACRAMENTO -- The November ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage would be soundly defeated if the election were held today, according to a statewide poll released Wednesday. The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) survey found...

Source: San Jose Mercury News , Press Enterprise , Sacramento Bee In a finding that could foreshadow a difficult political battle for a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage, a new Field Poll says more California voters oppose Proposition 8 than favor it. By a 51% to 42% margin, voters appear ready...