CA: Opposition to same-sex marriage ban grows

[Kadie]

Opposition to same-sex marriage ban grows
Carrie Sturrock, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, September 18, 2008


09-17) 07:28 PDT -- Opposition to a California ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage is mounting following Attorney General Jerry Brown's move to change the language on the initiative, according to a Field Poll released today.

The poll found that just 38 percent of likely voters support the measure, while 55 percent intend to vote no. That compares with 42 percent in support and 51 percent opposed in July.

Brown amended the Proposition 8 summary language after the state Supreme Court's decision on May 15 to overturn California's previous ban on same-sex marriage.

The pollsters found the amended language played a role in that growing opposition, especially among the 30 percent of likely voters interviewed who had never heard of Prop. 8.

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The Brown language reads, in part: "Eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry." The original version read, in part: "Limit on marriage."

Brown's revision makes it clear that voters are taking away someone's rights and that made the difference, said Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo.

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[Bill McBlueState]

1. this is a prime example

of the importance of framing an issue properly. Nice work, Jerry Brown.