Ban on same sex marriage trailing

A new poll showing California's constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage trailing for the first time in weeks has renewed hopes of the gay-rights movement, which had become increasingly divided over its campaign to defeat the Nov. 4 ballot measure. Tony Castro in the Daily News.

Two weeks before Election Day, Proposition 8 is losing among likely voters, 52 percent to 44 percent, according to a statewide survey released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

"If we defeat the measure, it will be in spite of the No on 8 campaign, and if we don't it will be because of the No on 8 campaign," said gay activist Robin Tyler of North Hills, a vocal critic of the organized drive against the measure.