The first major poll on California’s same-sex marriage amendment indicates that — as things stand right now — Proposition 8 pushing for a change in the state constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman is likely headed for defeat.
Even as same-sex marriage ceremonies continue in San Francisco, the legal status of those unions remains in limbo….
But a new KTVU field poll — the first major poll on Proposition 8 — suggests newly married same-sex couples have little to worry about. Right now it appears headed for a November defeat.
51 percent of those polled say no to the constitutional amendment, while only 42 percent support the proposition.
Historically in California, when ballot initiatives start out trailing, they almost always lose….