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Poll Finds 54% Back Calif. Gay Marriage Ban

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May 23, 2008 7:38 pm US/Pacific

Poll Finds 54% Back Calif. Gay Marriage Ban

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LOS ANGELES (CBS 5 / AP) ― More than half of California residents would support amending the state constitution to outlaw gay marriage, according to a new poll published Friday.

The Los Angeles Times poll of 834 Californians, 705 of them registered voters, found that 54 percent of the voters surveyed backed a gay marriage ban proposed for the November ballot and 35 percent opposed it.

The results were similar to a poll recently conducted for CBS 5 by Survey USA. It found 52 percent would support the state constitutional amendment slated for the ballot, while 36 percent would oppose it.

The ballot initiative follows a May 15 ruling by the state Supreme Court legalizing same-sex nuptials. Justices found that denying marriage licenses to gays and lesbians was unconstitutionally discriminatory.

But with so many months to go before the election and the court's decision only a week old, the survey results suggest the initiative supporters' edge could evaporate, said Times poll director Susan Pinkus.

"Although the amendment to reinstate the ban on same-sex marriage is winning by a small majority, this may not bode well for the measure," Pinkus said.

If the amendment qualifies for the ballot and passes in November, it would overturn the Supreme Court's decision and set the stage for further legal wrangling that would leave the validity of same-sex marriage performed between now and then in doubt.

The poll, conducted by telephone on Tuesday and Wednesday, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for all respondents, and 4 points for registered voters.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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