Do you understand reality? Church attendance is a SUBSET of Christian. You don't provide us with the composition of Attend Church and Don't Attend Church which constitutes the group Christian. Of those who do attend Church, 84% voted in favor and some good portion of that group was also black and Hispanic.
Current research on church attendance by Christians puts the figure at
20.4% and African church attendance is
exploding:
Almost all the U.S. Mainline denominations have liberalized their views on homosexuality, as on so many other theological and ethical issues. But the United Methodists are edging in the opposite direction thanks mostly to the dramatic growth of conservative African churches. At its next governing convention in 2012, about 40 percent of the delegates will come from outside the U.S., virtually guaranteeing United Methodists will not follow the Episcopalians, Evangelical Lutherans, United Church of Christ and others whose membership declines accelerated after accommodating liberal sexual standards. Those denominations also have suffered schisms, with conservatives forming new communions. Many traditional Episcopalians are now aligned with autonomous, and thriving, Anglican churches in Africa.
Church liberals, so proud of their historic liberationist solidarity with the Global South, are befuddled by conservative African churches. The American United Methodist bishops even contrived to contain the African influence by proposing a new U.S. only church convention that would omit the Africans and other internationals. That plan failed in 2009 when local United Methodist annual conferences voted overwhelmingly against it. The Africans will remain full partners in United Methodist governance, with increasing repercussions for U.S. church members. African church growth will dramatically affect global Christianity. The International Bulletin of Missionary Research reports that Africa had fewer than 9 million Christians in 1900, compared to 475 million today, and 670 million expected by 2025
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So let's do the math.
Top level = Christian @ 70% of voters.
Sublevel = Attend Church @20.4%
Subsublevel = 84% approval
All told, church goers accounted for (.84 x .204 x .70) = 12% of all votes cast.