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Pew Forum ranks Oklahoma No. 7 for adherence to religion in first-of-its-kind survey


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Greg Horton
More than 20 years ago, superstar pastor Rick Warren created composite characters who best exemplified members of his congregation at the Southern California Saddleback Church. Meanwhile, Bill Hybels ...
 
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Opponents of House Bill 1595 expect abortion-report legislation to be re-introduced


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Greg Horton
Oklahoma House Bill 1595, aka the Statistical Reporting of Abortion Act, suffered another setback on Dec. 18 when Oklahoma County District Judge Daniel Owens extended a temporary restraining order...
 
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Peaceful adherents to the religion Odinism emphasize incorrectness of racist allegations


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Greg Horton
Followers of the old Norse gods call themselves Asatruar, or followers of the way. Asatru, often called Odinism, has experienced a revival in the United States since being granted official recognition...
 
Thursday, December 24, 2009

National organization vows to uphold Constitution, even if it means defying elected officials


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Greg Horton
Are American citizens in danger of being interred in concentration camps or having their property or guns confiscated? Are we in danger of being treated as "enemy combatants?" Will Oklahoma City...
 
Thursday, December 10, 2009

MAPS 3 proposal includes $50 million for trails, sidewalks to improve walkability


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Greg Horton
Wheeler Dealer Bicycles has been in business in Oklahoma City for more than 35 years, and owner Hal McKnight said he's never seen a surge in new bicyclists like he has the past two years. ...
 
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Local church is repurposed to become a women's development center


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Greg Horton
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church sat on the corner of S.W. 11th Street and S. Youngs Boulevard for 60 years. The parish served a community that slowly transitioned to poor, homeless and imm...
 
Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Cimarron Alliance celebrates Gay History Month with inaugural event


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Greg Horton
The Cimarron Alliance Foundation, a nonprofit representing the LGBT community, is holding its inaugural Gay History Month Gala Friday at the Oklahoma History Center, 2401 N. Laird. The event wil...
 
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Author John Grisham to speak at Oklahoma City University's legal clinic's launch


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Greg Horton
Greg Wilhoit, whose story of wrongful conviction and incarceration on Oklahoma's death row was told by John Grisham in his 2006 book "The Innocent Man," now lives in Sacramento, Calif. He is on ...
 
Thursday, October 8, 2009

OKC area's first Pagan Pride Day celebrates alternative religions


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Greg Horton
Central Oklahoma's first-ever Pagan Pride Day is Saturday, to be held at Andrews Park in Norman. While it is a coming-out party for the pagan community, assessing that movement's size and spectr...
 
Thursday, September 24, 2009

New Episcopal Church USA resolutions seemingly reverse freeze on ordaining gays, lesbians


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Greg Horton
The Episcopal Church USA finished its triennial convention in Anaheim, Calif., on July 17 with two controversial pieces of legislation regarding gays and lesbians, the substance of which still h...
 
Thursday, September 10, 2009

With white women converting, OKC area now houses five mosques


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Greg Horton
As Oklahoma's Muslim community observes the fast of Ramadan this month, they are also taking time to reflect on the growth of their community statewide. There are currently five mosques in t...
 
Thursday, September 3, 2009

Former President Jimmy Carter attends New Baptist Covenant conference


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Greg Horton
Former President Jimmy Carter addressed a group of several hundred Baptists from at least seven different Baptist denominations on Aug. 7 in Norman. After giving his personal testimony about his...
 
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Former President Jimmy Carter plans Norman speech


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Greg Horton
President Jimmy Carter will be one of the featured speakers at the regional meeting of the New Baptist Covenant, a group he helped form, in Norman on August 7. In a telephone interview with ...
 
Saturday, August 1, 2009

New law requires doctors to fill out a lengthy report after each abortion


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Greg Horton
Gov. Brad Henry, a self-described pro-choice Democrat, signed House Bill 1595 into law on May 21 of this year. The bill, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, puts Oklahoma into the t...
 
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Revolutionary War pastors group includes Rep. Sally Kern's husband


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Greg Horton
Leaders at Olivet Baptist Church, located at 1201 N.W. 10th in Oklahoma City, refuse to abandon a neighborhood they see as in need of help, providing literacy instruction and sports leagues to n...
 
Thursday, July 23, 2009
 
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