Rhode Island has a high Catholic %, and I figured most of them would be anti-gay marriage. Guess I was wrong...
Based off what exactly??
Catholics I know. Everyone in my Mom's family is Catholic, and they all oppose gay marriage.
I remember seeing a poll that showed Roman Catholics being the biggest supporters of gay marriage (amongst all religious groups). The percentage was only in the low 40's, but it probably went up, and the civil unions number is likely much higher.
You do realize there are Roman Catholics all over the northeast, right?