Just because you’re “opposed to abortion” doesn’t make you “pro-life.”
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Chicken-Fried News: Rule rollback?
An Oklahoma senator wants to put two bills on hold because he thinks voters didn’t know what they were voting for.
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Dog the lobbyist
The veteran bounty hunter and reality television star visited the state Capitol today in support of a measure tightening regulation of bail enforcement or recovery. Chapman was accompanied by his wife, Beth, and son Leland. The state Senate took the occasion to pass a resolution honoring the 27-year bounty hunter and former bail bondsman. Presumably, […]
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Guns, guns, guns!
Credit: Brad Gregg Classes already have plenty of books and backpacks. What schools really need are more guns. McCullough’s resolution: Strap teachers and principals with firepower. After all, this is Oklahoma, where no politician has ever been hurt by making sweet, sweet love to the Second Amendment. Three days after the Dec. 14 tragedy, McCullough […]
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Viva la comunidad
Credit: Mark Hancock But when it was signed into law five years ago, HB 1804 sparked “sheer panic in the community,” said Pat Fennell, former president and CEO of the Latino Community Development Agency (LCDA). Many immigrants fled the state immediately. Those who stayed lived in fear. In the time since, the measure has lost […]
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Talking turkey
Brad Gregg Senate Bill 1420, which allows physically disabled individuals to use laser sights while hunting on private property, recently passed the House. Co-authored by Shortey and Rep. John Bennett, the measure passed the house on a 92-0 vote and heads to the Senate for final approval. “This bill was filed to address the needs […]
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Coming up short
Doak, elected to a four-year term in 2010, wanted to use the resolution to send a message to the Obama administration that the NAIC would not support “any legislative action that would deny citizens constitutionally protected religious rights” by requiring employers to provide birth control insurance coverage. The would-be resolution earned an attaboy from state […]
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Who’s on drugs?
After you, Rep. Shortey. —David Orr Norman Opinions expressed on the commentary page, in letters to the editor and elsewhere in this newspaper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ownership or management. Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its […]
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What is life
In that spirit, it’s worth noting that the first bill passed by the Oklahoma state Senate this session wasted no time diving into the so-called culture war. By a 34-8 vote, the Senate passed a measure Feb. 15 stating that life begins at conception. Senate Bill 1433 ensures that fetuses have the same full rights […]
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Please don’t eat the babies
The modest proposal by state Sen. Ralph Shortey has predictably attracted national headlines from media outlets who haven’t been this eager to cover Oklahoma since voters here outlawed cockfighting. From the Washington Post to Howard Stern, folks have dusted off their “Soylent Green” references to ponder — and not without merit — just what prompted […]