Latinos key say those who work to pass Prop. 8 - wonder where those folks stand on immigration reform?

The campaign in favor of Proposition 8 is enlisting the help of Latinos to raise support in San Bernardino County and throughout the state.

Proposition 8 would amend the state Constitution to provide that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”

A big turnout by Latinos - the state’s fastest-growing electoral bloc - could be a deciding factor in the campaign.

Latino voters in California have previously gone to the polls against same-sex marriage.

In 2000, the state’s voters passed a ballot initiative, Proposition 22, that formally defined marriage between a man and a woman. The California Supreme Court struck down Proposition 22 and other prohibitions on same-sex marriage in May.

Sixty-one percent of overall voters backed Proposition 22, while more than 70 percent of Latinos favored the initiative.

Similar opinions were expressed in a July survey of 672 likely voters in California.

According to a poll by the Field Research Corp., 49 percent of Latinos said they would vote in favor of banning gay marriage. Thirty-eight percent said they intended to vote against the prohibition, while 13 percent were undecided.

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