Poll finds growing support in Indiana for LGBT protections

A new poll shows growing support for adding protections for gay and transgender Hoosiers into state law.

The survey of likely Hoosier voters by WISH-TV and Ball State University found 58.5 percent support expanding Indiana's civil rights law to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

That’s an increase of 8 percentage points from a similar IndyStar poll released last December ahead of the 2016 legislative session where bills calling for those protections ultimately failed. The inaction came despite many of the provisions being authored by Republicans who control the General Assembly.

More Hoosiers backing the protections is a sign of the public’s growing awareness of the issue, said Mark Fisher, vice president of government relations for the Indy Chamber that runs Indiana Competes, a coalition of businesses advocating for the change.

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