A poll released last week found a
majority of Wisconsin voters support allowing gay and lesbian couples
to marry.
The latest Marquette
University Law School poll of 804 registered voters shows 56
percent of respondents support repealing Wisconsin's constitutional
amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union, a 1
percent increase from a previous poll conducted in May. Thirty-seven
percent of respondents said they remain opposed to marriage equality.
A federal judge in June struck down
Wisconsin's ban, approved by voters in 2006. More than 500 couples
married before the ruling was put on hold.
On Friday, the Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals in Chicago announced it would hear arguments in an appeal in
the case on August 26. The court combined the case with a separate
ruling striking down Indiana's ban and denied requests that the
appeals be heard before the full court, instead of the customary
3-judge panel.
(Related: Gov.
Scott Walker: GOP isn't fighting gay marriage.)