The state-wide survey found that 72 percent of Pennsylvanians say voters, not the courts, should have the final say on whether marriage remains defined as one man to one woman. Coalition spokeswoman Deborah Hamilton says Pennsylvanians have spoken loud and clear.

“Pennsylvanians, by more than a two-to-one margin, want marriage between a man and a woman and so we don’t want a small percentage of the population redefining marriage for us.”

She says there is no time to lose because state lawmakers are being targeted by gay activists who want to usher in gay marriage.

“His name is Tim Gill and he has spent eighteen million dollars across the country and he’s targeting Pennsylvania.”

A bill that would protect the definition of Pennsylvania marriages as one man to one woman was recently introduced into the Pennsylvania Senate. Michael Geer of the Pennsylvania Family Institute says the survey will help it along the way.

“This language we believe is well-honed and strong and will do the job in terms of what the citizens of Pennsylvania overwhelmingly want.”

Getting a constitutional marriage amendment on the books requires passage in two consecutive legislative sessions before citizens could vote on it in a statewide referendum.