Poll: Voters Support Gay Marriage, They Just Don't Want It on the Ballot

California voter's don't mind gays get married, they just don't want in on the 2010 ballot. That's the finding of a new LA Times / USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences poll.

Nearly 60% of voters surveyed did not want to vote again on same-sex marriage in the 2010 elections even though 51% favored marriage rights for same-sex couples.

Overall, opinions were sharply divided along political party lines. 66% of Democrats favored marriage rights while 71% of Republicans opposed them, according to the Times. Nonpartisan voters backed marriage with 59% in favor the Times said.

In terms of age, 71% of those 18-29 said they supported same-sex marriage; among those 65 and older, only 37% favored it, the Times said.

The survey, conducted by firms Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Public Opinion Strategies, interviewed 1,500 registered voters in late October. The results have a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points.

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