BALTIMORE, MD – A new Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies poll finds Maryland voters almost evenly divided over legislation allowing same-sex marriage in the state.

The Gonzales poll found 48% of Marylanders who vote regularly favor a law allowing same-sex marriages, while 49% of that population are against allowing same-sex marriages.

The poll comes as both sides gear up for another legislative fight next year over same-sex marriage, this time with Governor Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, in support of the bill.