Gay Marriage Doomed in California?

Less than two weeks before Election Day, a state ballot measure to ban gay marriage in California is gaining support, The Wall Street Journal reports. The latest polls show almost even odds of Proposition 8 passing. “The outcome will be close because Californians are evenly divided on gay marriage, Mark Baldassare, chief executive of the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California in San Francisco, told The Journal. California legalized same-sex marriages in June, and Proposition 8 has gained ground since supporters began running a TV ad showing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom saying after the ruling, “The door’s wide open now. It’s going to happen, whether you like it or not.”