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Oklahoma lawmaker delivers antigay farewell speech
Rep. Sally Kern stands by remarks she made in 2008, when she said gay people pose a greater threat to America than terrorists.
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Oklahoma House committee OKs bill protecting conversion therapy providers
Legislation that would protect the practice of therapy that seeks to change people’s sexual orientation or gender identity in Oklahoma was approved by a state House committee Tuesday.
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Okla. House panel OKs anti‑gay marriage bill that targets court clerks with job loss
Judges or court clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples would lose their jobs under a bill that has been approved by a House committee. The bill now proceeds to the full House for a vote.
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Oklahoma lawmaker withdraws anti-gay ‘license to discriminate’ bill
An Oklahoma lawmaker who has introduced several anti-gay bills for the upcoming session is withdrawing one measure, widely criticized as a licensing businesses to discriminate against LGBT people.
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Okla. career anti-gay lawmaker introduces three bills targeting LGBT community
Oklahoma state lawmaker Sally Kern, who once called homosexuality “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam,” has introduced three new measures targeting the LGBT community.
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Sally Kern’s husband loses runoff election for seat in Okla. state Senate
OKLAHOMA CITY — A pastor whose legislator wife has made incendiary comments about minorities and gays has lost a runoff election for a seat in the Oklahoma state Senate. Anesthesiologist Ervin Yen defeated Steve Kern in a runoff election for the Republican nomination to the District 40 Senate seat in Oklahoma City. Yen faces Democrat John Handy Edwards in the…
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Legislating from the Bible: The red state foundation of government ‘service’
The Bible says it. I believe it. That settles it. While that reads like a tired bumper sticker, there are still lawmakers in the United States who use this as the very foundation of their government “service.” One such lawmaker is Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern. Even people who may not be able to find Oklahoma on a map know of Kern and her opposition to anything that resembles equality for LGBTQ Americans. Especially marriage equality…
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Okla. Rep. Sally Kern: ‘Homosexuality is not a civil right, it’s a human wrong’
Oklahoma lawmaker Sally Kern, who once called homosexuality “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam,” decried a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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‘Christian’ groups demand Fox News drop ‘homosexual agitator’ Wayne Besen
REEDVILLE, Va. — A number of self-described “Christian, family values” groups banded together Thursday demanding that Fox News discontinue guest appearances by “homosexual agitator” Wayne Besen on the O’Reilly Factor talk show, saying Besen is “demonizing conservative organizations and individuals.”
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Blogger uncovers ‘secret’ Facebook group aimed at disseminating anti-gay information
LGBT activist and blogger Alvin McEwen this week uncovered a “secret” Facebook group — whose memberships reads like a “who’s who” of anti-gay activists — aimed at promoting and disseminating anti-gay information through websites, including Youtube, Twitter and Facebook.