Express & Star Article RatingUS politician who voted no to gay marriage attends son's same-sex wedding
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-12% Somewhat Liberal
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58% Very Conservative
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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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| "A Pesylvania representative attended the same-sex wedding of his son three days after voting against legislation to protect the recognition of same-sex marriages." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The House bill would require the federal and state governments to recognise same-sex marriages, but would not stop a state from baing such marriages in the future." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "In 2014, a federal judge struck down Pesylvania's same-sex marriage ban, and then-governor Tom Corbett declined to appeal it." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The vote came amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v Wade decision on abortion access could jeopardise other rights aside from access to abortion, including 2015's Obergefell v Hodges decision, which established the rights of same-sex couples to marry nationwide." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "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, Mr Thompson's office said in a statement." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "On Friday, Mr Thompson attended the same-sex wedding of his son." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Gle Thompson, a Republican who represents a large swath of conservative northern Pesylvania, voted against the bill brought by Democrats to the floor of the US House." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Mr Thompson's press secretary also called the bill nothing more than an election-year messaging stunt for Democrats in Congress who have failed to address historic inflation and out of control prices at gas pumps and grocery stores." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
53% : A Pennsylvania representative attended the same-sex wedding of his son three days after voting against legislation to protect the recognition of same-sex marriages.45% : The House bill would require the federal and state governments to recognise same-sex marriages, but would not stop a state from banning such marriages in the future.
36% : In 2014, a federal judge struck down Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban, and then-governor Tom Corbett declined to appeal it.
33% : The vote came amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v Wade decision on abortion access could jeopardise other rights aside from access to abortion, including 2015's Obergefell v Hodges decision, which established the rights of same-sex couples to marry nationwide.
*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.