Politics | California 54% Against Calif. Gay-Marriage Ban State divided on homosexuals' right to wed, but measure to outlaw it trails By Jim O'Neill Posted Aug 28, 2008 12:00 PM CDT Copied A Los Angeles Times poll finds 54% of Californians oppose a ballot measure that would ban gay marriage, to 40% supporting it. The state is divided on gays' right to wed, with 47% for, 47% against. (AP Photo) Though California voters are evenly divided over whether gay couples should be allowed to wed, more than half believe it shouldn’t be barred by law, a Los Angeles Times poll finds. Some 54% of likely voters oppose a November ballot measure that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman; 40% support Proposition 8. Read These Next Officials say ICE agent who shot Renee Good had internal bleeding. Verizon finally got phones out of SOS mode. Tennis player celebrates win—before losing to an American. Dems and Republicans team up to block Trump on Greenland. Report an error