Gay Religion reports that Catholics and Mormons together won the Proposition 8 campaign.
Exit polls show that religious views had a profound effect on the result, spanning racial lines:
-- 84 percent of those who attend church weekly voted yes.
-- 81 percent of white evangelicals voted yes.
-- 65 percent of white Protestants voted yes.
-- 64 percent of Catholics voted yes. Catholics accounted for 30 percent of all voters.
A late push by many churches to win over their congregations played a decisive role in increasing turnout and swaying opinion, said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll, who analyzed the figures.
All here. Previous comment on this blog here. And you might like to go to give Mad Priest support - he has got into hot water for some over hasty comments on the matter.
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