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Article: Most back ban on gay marriage: An amendment on same-sex marriage is favored by some, a new poll says.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
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- September 12, 2006
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Byline: Hugh Lessig
Sep. 12--RICHMOND -- Supporters of a constitutional ban on gay marriage in Virginia continue to hold a double-digit lead with Election Day nine weeks away, a new survey shows.
However, a spokeswoman for the opposition said she was encouraged because the lead has shrunk by 2 percentage points from a July poll.
Fifty-four percent of respondents said they would vote in favor of the amendment while 40 percent said they would vote no, according to Mason-Dixon Polling and Research.
Six percent were undecided.
Mason-Dixon surveyed 625 likely voters from Sept. 5 through Sept. 7. The margin of error is plus or minus ...