For the first time ever, Freedom Oklahoma lobbied at the capitol in support of a bill with momentum that would protect LGBTQ+ individuals. Historically, the nonprofit organization has had to play defense and oppose a slew of bills that would discriminate against the community. The Youth Mental Health Protection Act (House Bill 3872) passed out […]
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A giant step toward equality
The excitement of that day culminated in an incredible celebration of justice at the Cimarron Alliance Equality Center. Nearly 500 people gathered to laugh, cry, hug one another and lift up the day as a defining moment in American history. The ruling of the court, we all realized, moved the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender […]
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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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CFn Quote of the Week
Credit: Brad Gregg “Anyway, my point is, is about 2 percent of the conference is dealing with substance abuse and mental health issues, 98 percent is doing indoctrination of pushing the homosexual agenda. This is what our president is doing. He has a federal agency doing it.” —State Rep. Sally Kern in a question to […]
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Joining forces
Kristy Larson and Charles Shah “We care about the future; we care about the progression of the future,” said Charles Shah, president of the local Gay and Lesbian (GL) Sierra Club. “Being a gay man myself, I think the environment is a humankind issue. These two groups of people — Sierrans and gay people — […]
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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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Don’t say Chick-fil-A wasn’t personal
While I hadn’t had time to consider it earlier in the day, I suddenly realized I felt the same way. In the days following, I heard from dozens of other LGBT Oklahomans who had similar feelings. I shared this with a straight friend who simply couldn’t understand these feelings. “Why?” she asked. “This is just […]
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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 […]
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Wedding bell blues
Today, Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin are still fighting the state to make their 15-year relationship official in the eyes of the law. Their suit challenging Oklahoma’s voter-approved 2004 state constitution amendment barring same-sex marriage continues to wind its way through the federal courts. “Sharon and I are suing for the right to marry,” Bishop […]
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‘Some Hearts’ lack compassion
Touring to support her new album, Blown Away, Underwood told British newspaper The Independent that she supports gay marriage. “I think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love,” said the 29-year-old singer and Baptist-raised devout Christian. “It’s not up to me to judge anybody.” […]