Good news for supporters of gay marriage in California: A recent poll shows that only 38% of voters plan to vote for the November ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage; 55% oppose the measure.
When the California Supreme Court ruled this spring that outlawing gay marriage was unconstitutional, many analysts suggested that the probability that the November vote could overturn the decision (by changing the constitution) was high. Compared with Massachusetts, where procedural rules built in lots of time between its Court’s gay marriage ruling and a final vote to overturn it–and thus plenty of time for voters to see that gay marriages would not turn the world upside down–California allows a very quick turn-around. Apparently it’s not going to matter.
