Education Was Major Factor in Passage of Florida's Gay Marriage Ban

The education level of Florida voters, not race, best predicted support for the state's same-sex marriage ban, according to a new University of Florida study rebutting conventional wisdom. The study found education was about five times as important as race in determining whether a county's residents favored the ban. The results contradict claims that newly registered black voters who cast ballots for Barack Obama were a socially conservative group that can be credited with passing the ban. "They are movable in terms of this issue," said Dan Smith, a political science professor and study co-author. Full Story from Ocala.com

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