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Posted on: November 6, 2008 7:19 AM, by Greg Laden
The MSNBC poll asks: "Do you agree with the gay-marriage bans?"
Options: Yes/No/Not sure
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California's black and Latino voters, who turned out in droves for Barack Obama, provided key support for a state ban on same-sex marriage. Christian, married and older voters also helped give the measure the winning edge, according to exit polls for The Associated Press.
Proposition 8 overturns a May California Supreme Court decision legalizing gay nuptials and rewrites the state constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Exit poll data showed seven in 10 black voters and more than half of Latino voters backed the ballot initiative, while whites and Asians were split.
Though blacks and Latinos combined make up less than one-third of California's electorate, their opposition to same-sex marriage appeared to tip the balance.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/05/state/n111547S31.DTL
Posted by: Joel | November 6, 2008 5:36 PM
It's going to get thrown out of court --- eventually. You can count on that.
Anne G
Posted by: Anne Gilbert | November 6, 2008 5:37 PM
Why shouldn't gays be allowed to marry? Let them suffer like the rest of us!
( old joke )
Posted by: Phil | November 6, 2008 7:01 PM