If Hobby Lobby is successful, will a Jewish-owned company still have to honor Christmas and Easter as holidays? Just asking. —John Buckley, Norman
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Questioning Hobby Lobby
If it is, then perhaps they have some justification for denial of health insurance coverage of emergency contraception (although one wonders how many other sanctimonious prescriptions their employees would have to obey). If it is not, then their claim that their religious freedom would be violated by the ACA is nothing but a hollow pretense […]
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Friends in litigious places
Credit: Brad Gregg As first reported by TMZ.com, the lawsuit asserts that Brooks is “willing to lie to avoid paying his debts, and he revels in using his vast wealth and influence to crush anyone who Brooks believes is standing in the way of him getting what he wants.” As a result of his alleged […]
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TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay — Away from Keyboard
The keyword there is “copyrighted,” of course. Violations of that law of have inflamed Hollywood, which responded with predictably fierce legal action. A 2008 court battle drives much of the new film TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay — Away from Keyboard. The feature debut of director Simon Klose, the documentary becomes available on demand from […]
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Countering contraceptives
“Hobby Lobby must violate its faith and pay for abortion pills” shouted a news release following the judge’s decision. But the truth of the matter is a bit more complex. Are emergency contraceptives tantamount to abortion? Medical experts believe they prevent ovulation or fertilization. It is not impossible that they could prevent a fertilized egg […]
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All systems go?
The situation surrounding city’s plans for new police, fire, dispatch and municipal courts information and computer systems — as well as allegations by a police captain against the city’s project manager overseeing the program — is the subject of a state auditor investigation. The investigation was forwarded by the city to the state auditor and […]
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CoCo closed
With a U.S. Fleet lawsuit looming, a coworking collaborative is forced to shut its doors. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB” lang=”EN-GB”> The Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative, aka OKCCoCo, announced its closure Oct. 1 as the result of having run out of money defending against a lawsuit. OKCCoCo officials said the membership-driven business had spent the […]
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CoCo closed
A gag order requested by U.S. Fleet Tracking was approved by a judge shortly after OKCCoCo issued a news release on the matter. Since its founding in 2009, OKCCoCo has provided a professional work environment for freelancers, students and telecommuters who do not have a conventional workplace but don’t want to work from home, while […]
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The Smoking Section
Credit: Brad Gregg A police officer dispatched to the Bell reported that he found a single cigarette butt inside the food. The officer also noted that the Dycheses were smoking cigarettes at the time. Hmm. The plot, like the smoke in the Dyches household, thickens. The family subsequently filed a lawsuit claiming personal injuries and […]
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No kidding
Credit: Brad Gregg Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which recently announced the settlement of a lawsuit against Kids R Us. The EEOC pursued litigation after the company, which owns and operates several daycare facilities in Oklahoma, demoted an employee who a Kids R Us owner allegedly said “decided to get pregnant.” Shawna Capps went from full-time […]