Contrary to what conservatives have been claiming for weeks, a new poll finds Americans believe businesses should serve everyone.
As the nation regroups after firestorms in Indiana and Arkansas over so-called “religious freedom” laws, a new poll released today finds the majority of Americans believe businesses should be open to everyone, and should not be allowed to use their religious beliefs to deny service to LGBT people.
Fifty-four percent of Americans say they believe businesses should serve all customers regardless of their religious beliefs, while little more than a quarter of the nation, 28 percent, think businesses should be able to refuse service to anyone.
Those numbers, from a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken April 6-8, are in stark contrast to one commissioned by the anti-gay hate group Family Research Council, and touted by conservative and Tea Party activists, which has far broader and misleading wording.
That Reuters poll also found 55 percent believe businesses should not hide behind religion to deny employment.
It also found a plurality of Americans believe the U.S. Supreme Court should make marriage equality the law of the land.
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