A poll released by Public Policy Polling on Tuesday shows that a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage has lost support in recent months. 49 percent of those polled opposed the amendment and 43 percent supported it. In March, those numbers were reversed with 48 percent supporting the amendment and 44 percent opposed.

PPP used the exact language that will be on the ballot in November:
“Should the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?”

According to the poll, supporters of the amendment have lost independents. In March, they supported the amendment 50 to 40 percent, but in Tuesday’s poll those numbers have shifted to only 37 percent supporting the amendment and 54 percent opposed.

“Independents coming a lot closer to Democrats than Republicans on gay rights is becoming something of a constant in our polling<" the poll's authors wrote in the analysis. "The GOP seriously risks antagonizing voters in the middle if it continues to pursue a far right social agenda." The poll also found that a plurality of Minnesotans support the right for same-sex couples to marry. 47 percent said gay marriage should be legal and 42 percent said it should be illegal. When civil unions are added to the mix, 75 percent of Minnesotans support legal recognition of same-sex unions, while only 21 percent say gay couples should have no rights. “The pro-equality side is now winning on gay marriage ballot initiatives in Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, and Washington,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “The landscape has changed significantly since Barack Obama announced his support for gay marriage.”