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Where does California stand on Proposition 8 two years later?

It has been more than two years since the California voters, 51% of who said they supported same-sex marriage, passed Prop 8. Where do Californians stand now? According to a poll released today by the Public Research Religious Institute some things have changed and now only 1 in 5 California voters believe the passage of Prop 8 was a good thing for the state, noting that there is a striking Catholic-Protestant divide within the California Latino community on public policy issues related to gay and lesbian rights and that clergy and religious groups continue to play an influential role in policy debates. According to the poll 25% of Californians across the religious landscape have become increasingly more supportive of gay rights over the last five years – and yet, if another vote similar to Prop 8 were held tomorrow, the same majority - 51% say they would vote to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. If opinions are changing – who’s are they and why?

Guest:

Robert Jones, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent research and education organization focusing on the intersection of religion and politics; their study on Prop 8 was just released at 1 pm today