The Morning Call Article RatingCongressman from central Pennsylvania attends gay son's wedding after voting against same-sex marriage
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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| "Lawmakers introduced the Respect for Marriage Act this summer after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that once established constitutional protections for abortion across the country." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Thompson was one of 157 House Republicans who voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which would protect same-sex marriage rights established by the U.S. Supreme Court under the 14th Amendment in its 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "A lawmaker who represents Pesylvania's Centre County in Washington reportedly attended his gay son's wedding last week after joining more than 150 Republicans in voting against a House bill that would federally protect the right to same-sex marriage." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "If the Supreme Court did revisit and overturn Obergefell, same-sex marriages would become illegal in at least 25 states, according to PolitiFact." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Justice Samuel Alito, who peed the court's majority opinion, said nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Maddison Stone, Thompson's press secretary, also confirmed Thompson's attendance to NBC News." | Positive | 36% Conservative |
| "Maddison Stone, Thompson's press secretary, also confirmed Thompson's attendance to NBC News." | Positive | 36% Conservative |
| "Congressman and Mrs. Thompson were thrilled to attend and celebrate their son's marriage on Friday night as he began this new chapter in his life, Stone told NBC News in an email." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "On Monday, the son of U.S. Rep. Gle Thompson, R-Howard, confirmed to NBC News that he was married on Friday with his father in attendance." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, also voted against the bill, which passed 267-157 with the support of 47 Republicans." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The Respect for Marriage Act is now under the consideration of the Senate, where 10 Republican lawmakers would need to join all 50 Democrats to advance it to President Joe Biden's desk." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Thompson was one of 157 House Republicans who voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which would protect same-sex marriage rights established by the U.S. Supreme Court under the 14th Amendment in its 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "In an emailed statement to the Centre Daily Times last week, Thompson's press secretary called the bill a messaging stunt for Democrats." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
47% : Lawmakers introduced the Respect for Marriage Act this summer after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that once established constitutional protections for abortion across the country.45% : Thompson was one of 157 House Republicans who voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which would protect same-sex marriage rights established by the U.S. Supreme Court under the 14th Amendment in its 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
42% : A lawmaker who represents Pennsylvania's Centre County in Washington reportedly attended his gay son's wedding last week after joining more than 150 Republicans in voting against a House bill that would federally protect the right to same-sex marriage.
36% :If the Supreme Court did revisit and overturn Obergefell, same-sex marriages would become illegal in at least 25 states, according to PolitiFact.
30% : Justice Samuel Alito, who penned the court's majority opinion, said "nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion."
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.