Marriage Equality has also released poll data, which the group says show that “Rhode Islanders are generally fair-minded and have a live-and-let-live mentality toward their neighbors.”

The group wants to “keep an eye on the process,” Steinfeld said about the game-playing planned for today at the State House.

About 65 people camped out in the State House yesterday, the first day the group began what Steinfeld says will continue until the Legislature’s break.

“We have a number of games that we think have relevant titles – Jumble, Boggle, Sorry,” she said. “And we’re trying to draw attention to the fact that they’re playing games with the political process and that these games affect people’s lives.”

The survey of 500 Rhode Islanders that MERI released this week shows that 46 percent support and 40 percent oppose allowing gay or lesbian couples to marry legally. Forty-four percent of those polled said the issue makes no difference in their decision to support a candidate, according to the survey conducted April 6-9 by polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.