House Democrats Pass the Respect for Marriage Act
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We ran the numbers: There are 2,922 news articles covering this topic. 35% (1,015) are left-leaning, 45% (1,320) are centrist, and 20% (587) are right-leaning.
Last week, in a vote of 267-157, the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act to enshrine same-sex and interracial marriage rights. While left-leaning articles focus on the lack of response by Senate Republicans to the bill, right-leaning articles focus on the media’s response.
A left-leaning article from The Washington Post highlights how Senate Republicans have largely ignored the Respect for Marriage Act. Republicans reportedly want to focus primarily on inflation and view the act as the Democrats’ method to distract against other concerns.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting on how Democrats have attempted to box in the GOP on social issues such as same-sex marriage and contraception to help with the upcoming midterm elections. While these issues are politically popular and Democrats have called out Republicans who voted against them, Republicans have, instead, “argued that Democrats are playing political games in bringing up the bills, that same-sex marriage and contraception access are not at risk, and that the contraception bill posed issues with its wide definition and religious liberty ramifications.”
A right-leaning article from Fox News highlights statements made by Alyssa Farah Griffin, “The View” guest host and CNN commentator, that the GOP is on the “wrong side” of the same-sex marriage issue. Farah Griffin believes, however, that there are 10 Republicans in the Senate who would vote for the bill but is worried that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) may not want to provide a “win” to moderate Republicans up for reelection.