Members of the worship team sing during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Phoenix.
Credit: AP Photo/Matt York
With the Supreme Court set to consider the case of Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple, it might seem as though religious-based discrimination remains a highly contentious issue across the country. But a new poll suggests that only one group is actively pushing to use “religious freedom” to justify discrimination: white evangelical Protestants.
According to the latest numbers from the Public Religious Research Institute (PRRI), 53 percent of Americans oppose allowing wedding vendors to refuse to serve same-sex couples, with only 41 percent in support.
Along political lines, 67 percent of Republicans support legal anti-gay discrimination, compared to 40 percent of Independents and 24 percent of Democrats. While white Americans are fairly evenly divided on the question, 61 percent of black Americans and 68 percent of Hispanic Americans stand opposed.
White evangelical Protestants are the only major religious group with a majority that […]
