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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: San Francisco Chronicle , Wall Street Journal , Los Angeles Times CA Prop. 8 A majority of California voters oppose Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in the state, but a new statewide poll shows that the gap has narrowed in the past month. According to the Oct...

Source: Financial Times , San Francisco Chronicle , Los Angeles Times CA Prop. 8 Supporters of marriage equality in California are scrambling to raise funds in response to an unexpectedly strong campaign by Christian conservatives and others to amend the state constitution and ban marriages for gay and...

Source: Los Angeles Times , San Jose Mercury News , KPIX CBS5 CA Prop. 8 Following a recent spate of television and radio ads on behalf of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, a public poll conducted last week suggests a rise in support for Proposition 8, the ballot measure that would block gay...

      ::    A new robo-call phone poll by Survey USA shows California's anti-gay Proposition 8 trailing, but by a much smaller percentage than was indicated by a recent Field Poll. The ballot measure trails narrowly in the new poll, losing 44 percent to 49 percent...

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...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle , San Jose Mercury News CA marriage case In a dramatic reversal of decades of public opinion, California voters agree by a slim majority that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry -- a finding that pollsters describe as a milestone driven by younger people. The Field...