
Supreme Court to decide whether website designer may decline same-sex weddings
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*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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Bias Score Analysis
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Policy Leaning Analysis
This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 86% Conservative:
- 1 positive sentiment for Gun Control
- 2 negative sentiments for Religious Freedom
- 5 negative sentiments for LGBT Equality
- 2 negative sentiments for Anti-Discrimination Laws
"Baker: Supreme Court rules for baker who refused same-sex coupleFlorist: SCOTUS won't hear case of florist who denied service to same-sex wedding"
"Ever since the nation's highest court handed down a landmark ruling in 2015 legalizing same-sex marriage, the justices have been confronted with a barrage of lawsuits involving wedding photographers, bakers and other matrimonial businesses that claim serving same-sex couples would violate their constitutional rights."
"She sued the Colorado Civil Rights Division and other state entities in 2016, asserting Colorado's anti-discrimination laws violate her First Amendment rights to free speech and to practice her religion."
"A divided court in 2018 absolved Phillips of discrimination claims for refusing to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple, ruling that the state had exhibited "religious hostility" against him."
"But the court never resolved the broader question of whether opponents of same-sex marriage, including florists, photographers and videographers, can refuse commercial wedding services to LGBTQ couples."
"The court declined to hear another question raised by the lawsuit: Whether Colorado's law violates precedent on religious freedom and whether the court should consider overruling that precedent."
"WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will decide whether a web designer may decline to make wedding websites for same-sex couples in a case that could have sweeping implications in the battle over LGBTQ rights."
""The constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination.""
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-6% "The constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination.""
-14% "WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will decide whether a web designer may decline to make wedding websites for same-sex couples ..."
-14% "The court declined to hear another question raised by the lawsuit: Whether Colorado's law violates precedent on religious freedom and whether the court should ..."
-16% "The anti-discrimination law at issue is the same that was challenged by Colorado baker Jack Phillips in a case decided by the Supreme Court ..."
-16% "But the court never resolved the broader question of whether opponents of same-sex marriage, including florists, photographers and videographers, can refuse commercial wedding services ..."
-18% "A divided court in 2018 absolved Phillips of discrimination claims for refusing to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple, ruling that ..."
-24% "She sued the Colorado Civil Rights Division and other state entities in 2016, asserting Colorado's anti-discrimination laws violate her First Amendment rights to free ..."
-32% "Ever since the nation's highest court handed down a landmark ruling in 2015 legalizing same-sex marriage, the justices have been confronted with a barrage ..."
-40% "Baker: Supreme Court rules for baker who refused same-sex coupleFlorist: SCOTUS won't hear case of florist who denied service to same-sex wedding""
*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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
57% : The court has so far largely dodged a fundamental question presented by those cases: Whether the decision to deny service to LGBTQ customers because of religious objections is illegal discrimination - or is, instead, protected by the First Amendment.47% : "The constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination."
43% : WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will decide whether a web designer may decline to make wedding websites for same-sex couples in a case that could have sweeping implications in the battle over LGBTQ rights.
43% : The court declined to hear another question raised by the lawsuit: Whether Colorado's law violates precedent on religious freedom and whether the court should consider overruling that precedent.
42% : The anti-discrimination law at issue is the same that was challenged by Colorado baker Jack Phillips in a case decided by the Supreme Court four years ago.
42% : But the court never resolved the broader question of whether opponents of same-sex marriage, including florists, photographers and videographers, can refuse commercial wedding services to LGBTQ couples.
41% : A divided court in 2018 absolved Phillips of discrimination claims for refusing to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple, ruling that the state had exhibited "religious hostility" against him.
38% : She sued the Colorado Civil Rights Division and other state entities in 2016, asserting Colorado's anti-discrimination laws violate her First Amendment rights to free speech and to practice her religion.
34% : Ever since the nation's highest court handed down a landmark ruling in 2015 legalizing same-sex marriage, the justices have been confronted with a barrage of lawsuits involving wedding photographers, bakers and other matrimonial businesses that claim serving same-sex couples would violate their constitutional rights.
30% : Baker: Supreme Court rules for baker who refused same-sex coupleFlorist: SCOTUS won't hear case of florist who denied service to same-sex wedding
*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.