High Court Sides with Graphic Artist Opposed to Making Wedding Websites for Same-Sex Couples - The Tablet

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  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    2% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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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"The court said the designer's First Amendment rights bar Colorado anti-discrimination law from forcing her to create expressive designs with messages the designer doesn't agree with."
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-2% Liberal
"Smith has not denied a service as the baker did in refusing to bake a custom cake for the same-sex couple."
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-4% Liberal
"The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote."
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-8% Liberal
"In a 6-3 vote June 30, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado web designer who doesn't want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples because it goes against her religious beliefs."
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-12% Liberal
"Smith's case is similar to a recent case involving a Colorado baker who refused to make a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple based on his religious beliefs."
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-12% Liberal
"In this case, the web designer would refuse to make websites conveying support for same-sex marriage whether they were sought by gay couples plaing their own wedding or straight wedding plaers celebrating their work for gay couples."
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-12% Liberal
"A ruling in favor of the web designer in this case could give broad leeway to business owners to deny services based on their own beliefs and would trump anti-discrimination laws."
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-14% Liberal
"If you'd refuse to facilitate a certain message no matter who asked for it, the First Amendment protects your choice."
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-14% Liberal
"The First Amendment protects that right, he added."
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-14% Liberal
"Colorado designer Lorie Smith, who runs a web design company called 303 Creative, has said she should not be required to create wedding websites for same-sex couples based on her Christian beliefs about marriage."
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-20% Liberal
"In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that the baker's refusal to make a wedding cake did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law."
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-24% Liberal
"In June 29 remarks from the White House, President Joe Biden said, Today, the court once again walked away from decades of precedent.The court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions, and"
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6% Conservative
"Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, claimed many Americans wrongly believe affirmative action allowed unqualified students to be admitted over qualified students."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"I strongly -- strongly -- disagree with the court's decision, Biden said."
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-10% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The court said the designer's First Amendment rights bar Colorado anti-discrimination law from forcing her to create expressive designs with messages the designer doesn't agree with.
48% : Smith has not denied a service as the baker did in refusing to bake a custom cake for the same-sex couple.
46% :"The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote.
44% : In a 6-3 vote June 30, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado web designer who doesn't want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples because it goes against her religious beliefs.
44% : Smith's case is similar to a recent case involving a Colorado baker who refused to make a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple based on his religious beliefs.
44% : In this case, the web designer would refuse to make websites conveying support for same-sex marriage whether they were sought by gay couples planning their own wedding or straight wedding planners celebrating their work for gay couples.
43% : A ruling in favor of the web designer in this case could give broad leeway to business owners to deny services based on their own beliefs and would trump anti-discrimination laws.
43% : "If you'd refuse to facilitate a certain message no matter who asked for it, the First Amendment protects your choice.
43% : The First Amendment protects that right," he added.
40% :Colorado designer Lorie Smith, who runs a web design company called 303 Creative, has said she should not be required to create wedding websites for same-sex couples based on her Christian beliefs about marriage.
38% : In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that the baker's refusal to make a wedding cake did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law.

*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.

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