It’s time again for Oklahoma Gazette’s annual, super-duper official Chicken-Fried News year in review and predictions!
gay marriage
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A couple who successfully defeated Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage recently learned that they also will have legal fees paid by the county clerk’s office that fought against their effort.
A couple who successfully defeated Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage recently learned that they also will have legal fees paid by the county clerk’s office that fought against their effort.
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Cover series: Marriage equality part of being a family
Marriage equality is now law, but many gay and lesbian couples have been families for years.
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Reader response: Law banning gay marriage is overturned
A record number of OKG readers sounded off about last week’s Supreme Court ruling as gay marriages were allowed across the metro and state.
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Letters to the Editor: Aug. 13, 2014
Fallin’s popularity wavers According to a recent Rasmussen poll, Governor Mary Fallin has the support of only 45 percent of likely voters. (That’s down from a high of 69 percent.) Her Democratic challenger Joe Dorman came in with 40 percent support from likely voters. That telephone survey was conducted on July 15-16. In my opinion, […]
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Oklahoma’s LGBT community celebrates another court victory
Same-sex marriage supporters celebrated another court victory against Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban.
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What, me bothered?
Credit: Brad Gregg The issue arose last month on a Sirius/XM radio program, when the Minnesota Vikings running back and former University of Oklahoma All-American was asked about former teammate Chris Kluwe, an outspoken gay rights advocate. “I have relatives who are gay. I’m not biased toward them. I still treat them the same. I […]
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Under-handed
Credit: Brad Gregg But guilty of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn.? Say it ain’t so! Unfortunately for Underwood (and for the principle of common decency), a leader of the Westboro Baptist Church named Margie Phelps did say it. Referencing Underwood’s recent vocal problems, Phelps took to Twitter to write (using both opposable thumbs, one assumes), […]
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Newspeak
Credit: Brad Gregg And on a completely unrelated note, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe has introduced a bill, the “Military Religious Freedom Act,” that would effectively ban any marriages or “marriage-like ceremonies” on military bases that were not between one man and one woman. Currently, military chaplains are allowed to perform ceremonies that are in accordance […]
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Kern-fil-A
We’re talking about breasts of chicken, of course. From the because-the-Chick-fil-A-controversy-wasn’t-stupid-enough-already file, Kern issued a statement July 27 asking Oklahomans (even the gay ones, we guess?) to eat at the restaurant chain during Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day on Wednesday. Just a week prior, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy responded that his company was “guilty as charged” in […]