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Web designer's US supreme court case could trample LGBTQ+ rights, advocates say

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Source The Guardian bias rating
Published Feb 24, 2022
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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

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.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 86% Conservative:

  • 1 positive sentiment for Gun Control
  • 4 negative sentiments for Anti-Discrimination Laws
  • 2 negative sentiments for LGBT Equality

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 18% Negative and bias score of N/A:

2 negative sentiments for Joe Biden

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Gun Control
LGBT Equality
Anti-Discrimination Laws

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Joe Biden

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  •   Conservative
8% "Smith's attorneys have asked the supreme court to reconsider whether it should overrule Employment Division v Smith, a precedent set in 1990 when the ..."
-2% "Smith has said that due to her Christian beliefs, she will decline any requests from same-sex couples to design a wedding website.""
-2% "Although the supreme court has said that it will only be looking at the free speech aspect of the case, many LGBTQ+ advocacy groups ..."
-6% There is no law from which we could say that the Biden administration's preferred practices have been codified intou202fstatutory rights."
-8% Not in a Biden-preferred policing-practice manual; in an actualu202ffederal law."
-22% "Smith wants to post a statement on her website regarding her beliefs; however, doing so will violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law.""
-38% "The organization went on to say that if the supreme court chooses to allow creative businesses' to be exempt from anti-discriminatory laws, any business ..."
-64% "A decision by the US supreme court to hear an appeal by a Colorado web designer who refuses to serve same-sex couples has sparked ..."

*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:

54% : Smith's attorneys have asked the supreme court to reconsider whether it should overrule Employment Division v Smith, a precedent set in 1990 when the court ruled that generally applicable laws not targeting specific religious practices do not violate the first amendment.
49% : Smith has said that due to her Christian beliefs, she will decline any requests from same-sex couples to design a wedding website.
49% : Although the supreme court has said that it will only be looking at the free speech aspect of the case, many LGBTQ+ advocacy groups fear that a potential ruling in favor of Smith will overturn anti-discrimination laws that protect LGBTQ+ customers.
39% : Smith wants to post a statement on her website regarding her beliefs; however, doing so will violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law.
31% :The organization went on to say that if the supreme court chooses to allow "creative businesses"' to be exempt from anti-discriminatory laws, "any business owner that provides custom services or products could claim a right to violate anti-discrmination laws as they apply to others, not just LGBTQ people."
18% : A decision by the US supreme court to hear an appeal by a Colorado web designer who refuses to serve same-sex couples has sparked outrage among LGBTQ+ advocacy groups who fear a major setback for anti-discriminatory laws across the country.

*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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