The Boston Phoenix reports on a new poll that shows that with 5,000 gay marriages in the past year, 48% of the 600 poll respondents say that gay marriage has had no impact on the quality of life in the Commonwealth…and 36% said life has gotten better. Support for the legalization of gay marriage has gone up from 59% last year to 62% now.

The issue comes up for popular vote in 2006 when we’ll have the chance to amend the constitution to ban gay marriages and permit civil unions. At this point, unless gay marriage is discovered to cause mad cow disease, it’s looking like Massachusetts may be able to change its motto to “Where love dares speak its name.” [Technorati tags: gay marriage massachusetts]

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