According to a Field Poll of 761 registered voters, "48 percent of those surveyed would support a new ballot initiative repealing Proposition 8, while 47 percent would favor keeping the ban in place," according to reports." That is to say, almost of the state of California is complicit in allowing discrimination into the state constitution. Unnerving.

In related news, it looks like Prop 8 will be upheld. What with a "smooth" performance by stab-worthy Kenneth Starr last week, citizens against people who happen to be homosexual (like the sign maker at right), will most likely see the gay marriage ban take root. Word from most attorneys SFist has talked to is that Prop 8 will not be overturned. Something to think about, LGBT community, when you're paying your state taxes next month. Sigh.

And the news just gets worse: the 2010 U.S. census plans on screwing over the LGBT population. Now that DOMA is thriving, "the U.S. government says that it would be illegal to count same-sex partners and identify them as gay and lesbian couples, since same-sex unions aren't recognized on a federal level."

On a brighter note, get all of your Prop 8 news over at Stop8.org.