House Democrats Block Religious Liberty Amendment to Same-Sex Marriage Bill to Assure Passage Before Republicans Take Over - The Minnesota Sun

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    26% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    96% Negative

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"Meanwhile, Liberty Counsel stated last week the Democrat legislation is unconstitutional.Congress does not possess the constitutional authority to define marriage and to enact such legislation under Article I, the legal ministry that defends the First Amendment said."
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"House Democrats have blocked an amendment that would have strengthened religious liberty protections to their legislation to codify same-sex marriage to ensure swift passage of the bill before Republicans take over leadership of the House in the new year."
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"Subsequently, Democrats stoked fear about a concurring opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas in which he suggested the Court reconsider other cases, in addition to Roe, that was decided based on substantive due process, referring to the idea that people have fundamental rights that are not specifically established in the Constitution, and, therefore, could be created, as they were in Roe, where no right to abortion ever existed in the Constitution."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Meanwhile, Liberty Counsel stated last week the Democrat legislation is "unconstitutional.""Congress does not possess the constitutional authority to define marriage and to enact such legislation under Article I," the legal ministry that defends the First Amendment said.
50% : House Democrats have blocked an amendment that would have strengthened religious liberty protections to their legislation to codify same-sex marriage to ensure swift passage of the bill before Republicans take over leadership of the House in the new year.
44% : Subsequently, Democrats stoked fear about a concurring opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas in which he suggested the Court reconsider other cases, in addition to Roe, that was decided based on "substantive due process," referring to the idea that people have fundamental rights that are not specifically established in the Constitution, and, therefore, could be created, as they were in Roe, where no right to abortion ever existed in the Constitution.
43% : "And many of us believe that we have a court right now that is hellbent on trying to reverse the rights for the LGBTQ community, and we do not trust them to respect marriage equality in this country," he added.
42% : "In striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the reverse of the ill-named Respect for Marriage Act, the U.S. Supreme Court stated in United States v. Windsor that "[b]y history and tradition the definition and regulation of marriage . . .

*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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