article_snippet.sent: Washington (CNN)Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say that businesses that provide wedding-related services should be required to provide those services to same-sex couples in the same way businesses that provide wedding-related services would all other customers, even if businesses that provide wedding-related services have religious objections.
article_snippet.sent: A new CNN/ORC poll finds 57% feel businesses such as caterers or florists should be required to serve gay or lesbian couples just as gay or lesbian couples would heterosexual couples, while 41% say gay or lesbian couples should be allowed to refuse service for religious reasons.
article_snippet.sent: That's a shift from a Pew Research Center poll conducted last fall, which found just 49% thought businesses ought to be required to serve same-sex couples while 47% that businesses should be allowed to refuse service on religious grounds.
article_snippet.sent: In the CNN/ORC Poll, most Democrats (70%) and independents (60%) say wedding-related businesses should be required to provide services to same-sex couples as wedding-related businesses would different-sex couples, while Republicans break broadly the other way, 67% say religious reasons are a valid justification for refusing service.
article_snippet.sent: Looking at Republicans and independents who lean toward the Republican Party, 60% in that group say wedding-related businesses should be allowed to refuse services to same-sex couples, but there are sharp divides within that group by age and ideology.
article_snippet.sent: Moderate and liberal Republicans and Republican-leaners broadly say wedding-related businesses should be required to serve all couples the same way (58%) while three-quarters of conservative Republicans favor allowing a caterer or florist to refuse service for religious reasons (74%).
article_snippet.sent: Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents under age 50, 56% say wedding-related businesses should be required to serve same-sex and different-sex couples the same way while among those age 50 or older, 72% think wedding-related businesses should not be required to do so.
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article_snippet.sent: Overall, white evangelicals are broadly in favor of allowing businesses to refuse service for religious reasons - 62% say white evangelicals should be able to.
article_snippet.sent: But among whites who are not evangelicals, 61% say such businesses should be required to provide services to all couples the same way.
article_snippet.sent: Men, women, whites, younger adults and senior citizens all are more apt than in the Pew poll to say wedding-related business should be required to serve same-sex couples as wedding-related business do others.
article_snippet.sent: Michigan auto repair shop says yes to gun owners, no to homosexuals .
highlights_snippet.sent: Most Americans say businesses should not discriminate against same-sex weddings .
  