Looking at exit poll data, a composite of the person who voted “yes” to ban same-sex marriage in California is someone who is married (60%), and has children (68%), attends church weekly (84%), does not work full-time (57%), is an Independent or Republican (66%), and voted for Bush in 2004 (80%). This person also is likely to live in the suburbs (59%), and is very worried about another terrorist attack (65%).

None of these results should be surprising. Nor should these, given what we know about voting groups overall. 75% of black women, 54% of latin men, and 51% of white men voted to ban same-sex marriage. Overall, 70% of blacks supported the ban.

Interestingly, by approximately the same 52% to 48% margin, Californians voted that doctors do not have to notify a minor’s parents before performing an abortion. 

Overwhelmingly in both measures, the less-educated were more likely to vote against gay marriage and vote for parental notification. So, it seems Californians trust minors to decide to get an abortion but don’t trust gay adults to marry. Specifically, one could ask, are Californians willing to allow (what they see as) murder more readily than they are willing to allow (what we see as) love and marriage? Where is the logic in that?

Were gay marriage for Californians solely a religious issue, one would have to assume the parental notification ballot would not have passed. Historically we know that notification leads to less abortions, and would therefore be supported by more conservatives and the religious right. 

Unless we’re just willing to say that there were more voters who voted for the marriage ban who have girls at home. Which is possible looking at the numbers. The majority had children, but not, evidently, homosexuals.