Maryland Poll: Support for Same-Sex Marriage Down 11 Points

By: American Decency Staff

A major Maryland newspaper reports a significant drop in support for a ballot initiative that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state.

The Baltimore Sun found that last month support for Question 6, which would legalize same-sex marriage, was 49 percent to 39 percent opposed. However, a recent polling of the question found that opposition to Question 6 had cleared the 10 percentage point gap and presently leads by one percent.

In a statement, the National Organization for Marriage hailed the large change in polling data to "our tried-and-true winning formula."

"A robust, grassroots ground game of religious leaders and people of faith (in this state, we owe special thanks to the African-American churches!)," reads an email sent out to supporters.

"Persuasive TV and radio ads that attest the goodness of marriage and warn undecided voters about the harmful consequences of redefining it…[and] YOU!"

According to Annie Linskey and Michael Dresser of The Balitmore Sun, the change in support for Question 6 was in part because of shifting views in the African-American community on the issue.

 

"The contest is now a dead heat in part because some African-Americans who supported the measure or were undecided are now saying no," wrote Linskey and Dresser.

"Growing opposition to the measure is not surprising, based on the experience in other states. Same-sex marriage measures have been defeated in all 32 states in which they have been on the ballot."

In 2011, Democratic leaders including Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley unsuccessfully sought to legalize same-sex marriage via the legislature.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/maryland-poll-support-for-same-sex-marriage-down-11-points-84222/#fLB6VEEDSvTbYvyo.99 

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