USA Today Article RatingHow a Democrat and a Republican worked together to protect same-sex marriage
Jun 01, 2023 View Original Article
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| "Those included cases such as Obergefell vs. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision that same-sex marriages are protected under the 14th Amendment." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The law defined marriage as between one man and one woman on the federal level, thereby preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex couples married on the state level as being entitled to the same benefits and visitation rights afforded heterosexual marital unions." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Given that the court was rejecting this position as a constitutional basis for abortion, Thomas expressed the view that other rights based in a similar interpretation of the 14th Amendment may need to be revisited." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas expressed disagreement with the basis upon which Roe had established a right to abortion, arguing as it did that the procedure was protected within the due process clause of the 14th Amendment." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "As Sen. Baldwin said to me, People who achieved marriage equality saw Dobbs and said, 'We're in jeopardy.'" | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Both Collins and Baldwin stressed the importance of making sure that protecting marriage equality did not require communities of faith to negate their own values by having to perform religious ceremonies or otherwise redefine their own definitions of marriage to conform with the law." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "The senators' bipartisan work attracted the commendation of the SNF Ithaca Initiative, which presented Baldwin and Collins with the award in a recent ceremony." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The senators' bipartisan work attracted the commendation of the SNF Ithaca Initiative, which presented Baldwin and Collins with the award in a recent ceremony." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Yet, less noted was bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, spearheaded by Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Susan Collins, R-Maine." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Yet, less noted was bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, spearheaded by Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Susan Collins, R-Maine." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "President Joe Biden signed the bill into law in December." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Rob Portman, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski and Collins, focused on recruiting eight additional Republicans to deliver a sufficient majority to move the legislation to the president's desk." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Rob Portman, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski and Collins, focused on recruiting eight additional Republicans to deliver a sufficient majority to move the legislation to the president's desk." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Rob Portman, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski and Collins, focused on recruiting eight additional Republicans to deliver a sufficient majority to move the legislation to the president's desk." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Rob Portman, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski and Collins, focused on recruiting eight additional Republicans to deliver a sufficient majority to move the legislation to the president's desk." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "One of the key things was getting the discussions going before the forces of polarization got going, Baldwin said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "I asked Shaffer why SNF Ithaca decided to honor Collins and Baldwin for basically doing the job of a legislator in working and negotiating with colleagues on the other side of the aisle." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "I asked Shaffer why SNF Ithaca decided to honor Collins and Baldwin for basically doing the job of a legislator in working and negotiating with colleagues on the other side of the aisle." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Baldwin confirmed that fact, noting her working relationship with Collins.Susan and I had passed legislation to recognize family caregivers, Baldwin said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Baldwin confirmed that fact, noting her working relationship with Collins.Susan and I had passed legislation to recognize family caregivers, Baldwin said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Baldwin confirmed that fact, noting her working relationship with Collins.Susan and I had passed legislation to recognize family caregivers, Baldwin said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Baldwin confirmed that fact, noting her working relationship with Collins.Susan and I had passed legislation to recognize family caregivers, Baldwin said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The Respect for Marriage Act served to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "There's no generic answer (to how to communicate across the divide), Baldwin said." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Collins stressed the need to look beyond tribal labels." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Senator Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay senator, reflects on the journey of moving The Respect for Marriage Act through Congress and to the president's desk." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Even at the time, the Obergefell decision was at odds with the Defense of Marriage Act, a fact that occurred to Sen. Collins in the aftermath of Dobbs." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "As Sen. Baldwin said to me, People who achieved marriage equality saw Dobbs and said, 'We're in jeopardy.'" | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Both Collins and Baldwin stressed the importance of making sure that protecting marriage equality did not require communities of faith to negate their own values by having to perform religious ceremonies or otherwise redefine their own definitions of marriage to conform with the law." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Both Collins and Baldwin stressed the importance of making sure that protecting marriage equality did not require communities of faith to negate their own values by having to perform religious ceremonies or otherwise redefine their own definitions of marriage to conform with the law." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "We need more elected leaders like Baldwin and Collins who will work together across political lines, and we need more Americans in general who are willing to battle the toxic fumes of polarization." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "We need more elected leaders like Baldwin and Collins who will work together across political lines, and we need more Americans in general who are willing to battle the toxic fumes of polarization." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
50% : Those included cases such as Obergefell vs. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision that same-sex marriages are protected under the 14th Amendment.48% : The law defined marriage as between one man and one woman on the federal level, thereby preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex couples married on the state level as being entitled to the same benefits and visitation rights afforded heterosexual marital unions.
44% :Given that the court was rejecting this position as a constitutional basis for abortion, Thomas expressed the view that other rights based in a similar interpretation of the 14th Amendment may need to be revisited.
43% : In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas expressed disagreement with the basis upon which Roe had established a right to abortion, arguing as it did that the procedure was protected within the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
35% : As Sen. Baldwin said to me, "People who achieved marriage equality saw Dobbs and said, 'We're in jeopardy.'
35% : Both Collins and Baldwin stressed the importance of making sure that protecting marriage equality did not require communities of faith to negate their own values by having to perform religious ceremonies or otherwise redefine their own definitions of marriage to conform with the 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.