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[21 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 114 views]

Muslim teen alleges discrimination by Tulsa Abercrombie & Fitch
Tulsa council candidates discuss equal rights for gays
Raptorex comes to Norman
Some say Oklahoma’s poultry lawsuit has led to cleaner river
More Oklahoma schools pledging to fight climate change

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[2 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 78 views]

From NewsOK:
Sen. Jim Inhofe said Tuesday that national security could be compromised by a Justice Department inquiry into CIA interrogation methods used in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
The Oklahoma Republican joined others in his party in objecting to Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision last week to authorize a preliminary review of whether some CIA operatives broke the law during interrogations of suspected terrorists in overseas locations. Holder appointed an assistant U.S. attorney based in Connecticut to conduct the review.
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[11 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 62 views]

From The Journal Record:
Four Oklahoma women have filed a new complaint challenging federal and state laws banning gay marriage.
Their latest filing changes some aspects of the case, including which government officials are named as defendants. It also points out that two of the plaintiffs, Susan Barton and Gay Phillips, were married in California last Nov. 1, while the case was on appeal. Barton and Phillips have been together about 25 years. They were married in British Columbia in May 2005 and underwent a civil union in Vermont in August 2001.
Sharon …

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[31 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 69 views]

From The Associated Press:
Gay marriage and gays in the military may dominate the headlines, but activists in many states say their fight is much more fundamental: basic rights and protections against discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation.
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In Oklahoma, a group formed recently to fight what Oklahoma State University professor Laura Belmonte called “an intensely hostile environment” where only one small municipality has an anti-discrimination law.
“People ask me why I stay, but I say, ‘It doesn’t have to be this way,’” she said. “You can put your head in the …

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