11.   In a nod to conservatives, he has said he would oppose gay marriages.

12.   In the survey, a majority of respondents said they did not oppose interfaith marriage.

13.   Most polls show that the majority of Americans oppose gay marriage.

14.   Pickering had opposed interracial marriage, he said, and once secured a lenient sentence for a cross-burner.

15.   Savage said he was trying to get back at Bauer for opposing gay marriage.

16.   Some also complain about his statement of support for a ballot initiative intended to oppose gay marriages.

17.   The GOP platform officially opposes homosexual marriages, military service, and passage of anti-discrimination laws protecting gays in the workplace.

18.   The likely Republican gubernatorial nominee, Attorney General Dan Lungren, opposes gay marriage.

19.   The Paris bar association and the Sante warden both oppose the marriage as a conflict of interest for Coutant Peyre.

20.   The position rankles some gay leaders, who understand the political necessity of opposing gay marriage but see no intellectual honesty to their argument.