Most Californians support same-sex marriage, new poll finds

California voters support legalizing same-sex marriage 51 to 42 percent, a new Field Poll finds. The survey found that most white and Latino voters support same-sex marriage, while most black and Asian voters oppose it. Seven percent of voters offered no opinion. The poll was released as gay-marriage supporters continue to knock on doors in the Inland area and elsewhere to discuss the issue wit...

Press-Enterprise • Jul 20, 2010

Meeting on strategies to topple Prop. 8 in 2010 set for Saturday in Riverside

Inland gay-rights supporters are meeting Saturday to plan strategy for a proposed 2010 ballot measure that would overturn Prop. 8, the 2008 voter initiative that banned same-sex marriage. Gay-marriage proponents, led by Los Angeles-based Love Honor Cherish, submitted ballot proposals Sept. 24 to legalize same-sex matrimonies. They need nearly 700,000 valid signatures by April. The state's large...

Press-Enterprise • Oct 2, 2009

Inland gay-rights supporters form political coalition

Equality Inland Empire plans to seek meetings with local state legislators and members of Congress, attend legislative open houses, hold community town hall meetings and get involved with education and other issues that are not gay-specific but affect members and their families. The group began meeting in January. The group's first big event, a March 4 rally in downtown Riverside on the eve of t...

Press-Enterprise • Mar 26, 2009