IndyStar poll: Hoosiers say LGBT rights beat religious rights

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Stephanie Wang, [e-mail]
7:01 a.m. EST December 20, 2015

A majority of Hoosiers say it's more important to protect the civil rights of all individuals than the religious freedom of people who object to providing services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, according to an IndyStar poll conducted with Ball State University.

About 54 percent of respondents said civil rights are more important in such situations, while 34 percent said religious freedom should have priority.

The poll results shine a light on the contentious question at the heart of Indiana's strident political debate: When there's conflict, whose rights win? And who has to lose?

The question has been asked nationally, too, to mixed results.

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