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POLL: Majority Of Arizonans Support Marriage Equality

A new Rocky Mountain Poll released today shows that a majority of Arizona voters support marriage equality — and by a significant margin. According to the survey, 55 percent support the freedom to marry and only 35 percent opposed it. Even among voters over the age of 54, a 46 percent plurality favor the change while 40 percent oppose it. As in other polls, certain groups favored it at higher rates, including Latinos (75 percent), Democrats (70 percent), those under the age of 35 (67 percent), Moderates/Independents (64 percent), and women (60 percent).

Last November, 22-year-old activist Tanner Pritts announced an effort to repeal Arizona’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, but it doesn’t seem to have taken off. Recently, the town of Bisbee established civil unions for same-sex couples, and the city of Tempe may attempt to do the same.

NEWS FLASH

Arizona May See 2014 Marriage Equality Campaign | Tanner Pritts of Scottsdale, Arizona has taken up the reins to advance marriage equality in his state. He has formed a group called Arizona Advocates for Marriage Equality and filed the necessary paperwork to begin fundraising for a 2014 ballot initiative campaign. So far, Pritts, a 22-year-old political novice, is operating independently, but he is working to build a coalition with other LGBT groups. Prior to this year’s election, Arizona had the distinction of being the only state where voters defeated an anti-gay amendment, voting in 2006 not to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. However, in 2008, an amendment that only targeted marriage successfully passed, and it is that amendment Pritts hopes to overturn.

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