Reply #32: Here is what I think happened

[Marrah_G]

You had a large percentage of black voters who voted against it. Perhaps this is because their churches were highly targeted by LDS monies. But even with the large percentages it doesn't trump the number of white votes against it.

So it appeared at first glance that the large AA turnout helped the fight against gay marriage and of course people are going to have knee jerk reactions to a VERY emotional topic. Also I think many GBLT feel that if anyone should understand their right to equality it should be the AA voters but instead they see bigotry being preached on Sundays from a pulpit they have no access to.

I think it is a complicated issue that people are desperately seeking to find some reason for.

Boiled down to the lowest common denominator: The Democratic Voters let down a very important part of their party.