Marriage Equality Fight in Arizona Heats Up
October 1, 2008 by Bryan
A proposed amendment to the Arizona state constitution to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples is facing a fierce battle and opponents of the measure say they are confident it will be defeated.
But the final decision may come down to less than 10 percent of the electorate who are undecided, a new poll indicates.
The survey, by PBS affiliate KAET, has found that 49 percent of those polled support the amendment while 42 percent are opposed.
State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Phoenix), who is leading the fight against the amendment, said the numbers show support is waning.
Sinema said that supporters of the measure have mounted a major campaign but that the opposition is just now preparing its first big ad buy. TV spots will begin running next week.
In 2006, a similar amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions failed when put to voters. The current amendment proposal does not mention civil unions.
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I think that gay marriages should be allowed, it is proven that gay marriages are happier than straight ones.
They can take our right to marry but not our right to love who we want. They think that if they take our right to get married they can stop us, gay couples can still live together and its just like marriage, so they should just give us the right to marry because they are not going to stop us.
Right now they are trying to stop us by taking this right away but what about later? what are they going to do to stop us in the future? Put us in jail like criminals? kill us like we are some kind of animals?