Oklahoma

Oklahoma lawmaker wants to reinstate 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' for state's National Guard

Oklahoma lawmaker wants to reinstate 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' for state's National Guard

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma City Republican lawmaker has introduced a measure that would reinstate the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy to ban openly gay service members in the Oklahoma National Guard.
Oklahoma City adds sexual orientation to city's non-discrimination policy

Oklahoma City adds sexual orientation to city's non-discrimination policy

Friday, November 18, 2011
The Oklahoma City Council this week voted to add sexual orientation to the city's employment non-discrimination policy after a debate that lasted more than half of the council meeting.
Oklahoma governor, legislative leaders mum on Sally Kern's homophobic remarks

Oklahoma governor, legislative leaders mum on Sally Kern's homophobic remarks

Friday, September 16, 2011
The HRC on Thursday announced that its members and supporters have sent 200,000 emails calling on Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) and the state's legislative leaders to denounce Republican State Rep. Sally Kern’s recent homophobic remarks...
Kern doubles down on claim that homosexuality is 'more dangerous' than terrorist attacks

Kern doubles down on claim that homosexuality is 'more dangerous' than terrorist attacks

Saturday, September 10, 2011
Oklahoma Republican state legislator Sally Kern has repeated her claim that homosexuality is “more dangerous” than terrorist attacks while lamenting that young people are “bombarded” with the message that “homosexuality is normal and natural.”
Gays, Marriage Polls, Jesus and Sally Kern

Gays, Marriage Polls, Jesus and Sally Kern

Friday, July 29, 2011
My worldview doesn’t condemn anyone else to eternal fire and damnation. It doesn’t threaten anyone else at all, really. People ... may think they’re being threatened, but I think they’re just scared — too scared to look at the reality of life with open hearts. Their hearts are set in stone — immovable, inflexible, afraid.
Sally Kern to the defense of Ruben Diaz: 'homosexuals mean for evil toward you'

Sally Kern to the defense of Ruben Diaz: 'homosexuals mean for evil toward you'

Monday, July 11, 2011
Sally Kern, an Oklahoma state legislator known for her outspoken stance against homosexuality, has come to the defense of New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. (D-Bronx), a Pentecostal minister and the lone Democrat to vote against marriage equality.
OK rejects bullying bill, 'tired of people coming to legislature to solve problems'

OK rejects bullying bill, 'tired of people coming to legislature to solve problems'

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Oklahoma lawmakers have voted against strengthening the state’s anti-bullying laws.
Texas, Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma: states hold onto laws defining gay 'conduct' illegal

Texas, Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma: states hold onto laws defining gay 'conduct' illegal

Sunday, March 27, 2011
"Homosexual conduct" is still a crime in Texas -- and at least three other states -- eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down the state’s sodomy law, and invalidated similar laws across the country.
Oklahoma gay teen commits suicide after ‘toxic’ city council debate

Oklahoma gay teen commits suicide after ‘toxic’ city council debate

Sunday, October 10, 2010
An Oklahoma teen has committed suicide, barely one week after attending a local City Council meeting where a debate over whether or not the city would recognize October as LGBT History Month got “toxic,” with many homophobic statements thrown around in front of him.
Oklahoma man who sued over 'IM GAY' license plates died of  accidental overdose

Oklahoma man who sued over 'IM GAY' license plates died of accidental overdose

Friday, June 11, 2010
An Oklahoma man who sued the state over a proposed "IM GAY" license plate likely died of an accidental drug overdose, and not from injuries he allegedly received from Tulsa [...]
Oklahoma man who sued for 'IM GAY' license plates found dead

Oklahoma man who sued for 'IM GAY' license plates found dead

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
[caption id="attachment_7599" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kimmel"][/caption] An Oklahoma man who made headlines earlier this year when he sued the Oklahoma Tax Commission to have “I’M GAY” printed on his license plate, [...]
Oklahoma man suing state for rejecting 'IM GAY' vanity license plate

Oklahoma man suing state for rejecting 'IM GAY' vanity license plate

Sunday, February 14, 2010
An Oklahoma man is suing the state for rejecting his application for a personalized license plate that proclaims IM GAY. "I want to tell people who I am and what I am. I’m proud of it. I’m openly gay. I’m not hiding,” said Keith Kimmel. "What better way [...]
Tulsa man says he was beaten because he is gay

Tulsa man says he was beaten because he is gay

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
TULSA, OK -- What should have been a 10-minute walk to a friend's house ended with a trip to the hospital for Brandon Patrick, a Tulsan who said he was [...]
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