Homophobic Bigotry Losing Ground in California?

A Field poll finds that California's Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage is losing ground in California, with support falling from 42% to 38% in June.

That's good news.

Marriage is a civil rights issue and gay activists should be complimented on the enormous progress they've made on marriage issues since the ugly gay-baiting election of 2004.

It should be emphasized that polling on an issue gay marriage probably isn't that reliable because of the volatility of the pool of those likely to vote on the issue and possibility of a "Bradley Effect" where people lie to pollsters in order to hide their prejudices.

Still, good news is good news.