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Charles Krauthammer: Same-sex marriage: empathy or right? Published: Fri, May 18, 2012 WASHINGTON — There are two ways to defend gay marriage. Argument A is empathy: One is influenced by gay friends in committed relationships yearning for the fulfillment and acceptance that marriage conveys upon heterosexuals. That's essentially the case President Obama made when he first announced his change of... Read More
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A growing, changing God lobby in D.C. Published: Tue, Nov 29, 2011 Believe it or not, politicians used to be able to assume that when the U.S. Catholic bishops spoke on an issue, that meant that the nation's Catholics had spoken. That was so mid-20th century. Before long, Catholic liberals -- backed by Playboy's Hugh Hefner and others -- would dare to create a pro-abortion-rights... Read More
Televised gay marriage hearing draws wide audience Published: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The legal fight over California's same-sex marriage ban went before a federal appeals court Monday in a televised hearing that reached a nationwide TV audience anxious for a final decision on whether the measure violates the U.S. Constitution. The hearing before a three-judge panel of... Read More
Suit filed challenging Oklahoma voter identification measure Updated: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 TULSA - A lawsuit was filed today in Tulsa challenging a voter-approved ballot measure requiring people to show identification before voting. Read More
Oklahoma elections: 5 education board members say they support SQ 744 Published: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 Five members of the state Board of Education say they will vote for a ballot measure to increase education spending. Board members Tim Gilpin of Tulsa, Herb Rozell of Tahlequah, Sue Arnn of Ardmore, Gail Foresee of Shawnee and Gayle Miles-Scott of Oklahoma City told reporters Thursday that they support State... Read More
Our SQ choices Updated: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 SQ 744: School funding; vote no No state question is more critical or would be more damaging upon passage. The measure proposes to base common education funding on education spending in six surrounding states. Spending could not be reduced even if spending in the other states falls. The proposed calculation... Read More
Schwarzenegger: Let same-sex weddings resume now Updated: Sat, Aug 7, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who twice vetoed legislation that would have legalized same-sex marriage, has surprised gay rights supporters by urging a federal judge to allow gay couples to resume marrying in the state without further delay. Lawyers for Schwarzenegger, Attorney... Read More
Analysis: Per-pupil spending bill would cost Oklahoma $1.7 billion Updated: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma Policy Institute analysis of a ballot measure requiring per pupil spending to rise to the regional average will cost $1.7 billion over three years. Read More
Catalonians Seeking Even More Autonomy Updated: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Spain abounds in humorous stereotypes: party-loving southerners, street-smart Madrid people and dour, workaholic Catalans. Here, the joke goes, a man asking an attractive woman passerby for the time actually wants to know. But things get serious Sunday when semiautonomous Catalonia... Read More
Minimum wage train on track Updated: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 SUPPORTERS of a state minimum wage have added another car to their freight train and opponents have one fewer way to stop it. Momentum is chugging along for a state-by-state minimum wage increase. We oppose in principle the concept of a government-mandated, artificial wage structure and we particularly oppose a... Read More
Cherokees reaffirm document Updated: Sat, Jun 10, 2006 A Cherokee Nation tribunal in Tahlequah has ruled that the tribe's 1999 constitution is its governing document and should take effect immediately. Two members of the three-justice panel ruled Wednesday that approval of the document by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is not necessary. The new constitution,... Read More
al-Qaida No. 2 Praises Al-Zarqawi in Tape Updated: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Qaida's No. 2 praised Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a videotape broadcast Friday but did not mention his death in a U.S. airstrike, suggesting the tape was made earlier. Ayman al-Zawahri focused on political developments in the Palestinian territories, Sudan and Egypt in the tape... Read More
Cherokee court halts $750,000 ad campaign Updated: Thu, May 25, 2006 TAHLEQUAH - The Cherokee Nation's highest court prohibited the tribe's business arm Wednesday from embarking on an advertising blitz until a court hearing next week. The court's temporary restraining order prevents any expenditures from $750,000 set aside for the media campaign. Phillip Carey, a tribal member from... Read More
Vote Tuesday Updated: Sun, May 7, 2006 School bonds and sales taxes are among issues on which voters will decide Tuesday. Schools Allen-Bowden: A $970,000 bond issue to improve the media center, add four classrooms, a work room and an office. Alex: Proposition 1, a $170,000 bond issue to relocate the football and baseball fields to a 35-acre site.... Read More
Piedmont voters approve school bonds Updated: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 Voters in the Piedmont School District approved a two-part bond issue Tuesday. Proposition 1, $5.95 million for a 10-classroom addition at the high school, carried with 73.2 percent approval, and Proposition 2, $500,000 for four new activity buses, got 71.6 percent approval. In other special elections in the metro... Read More
GOP rips fuel levy Updated: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 With an election less than a month away, the state Republican Party's leadership announced its opposition Monday to a ballot measure seeking fuel tax increases to improve bridges and roads. Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones said the party's state committee unanimously voted July 30 to oppose State Question 723,... Read More
Election results Updated: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 Election results Runoffs City voters fill council, school board seats Read More
Results for county races, local issues Updated: Wed, Nov 3, 2004 Here are unofficial results from Tuesday's voting on county races, as well as county and local issues. (I) = incumbent. Ages were given at time of filing: ADAIR COUNTY (7 of 7 precincts) COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (i) Sam Chandler, 54, D-Stilwell - 1,569 (66.7%) William Ritchie, 44, R-Stilwell - 782 (33.3%)... Read More
Hospital seeks help to survive Updated: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 GUTHRIE - Logan Hospital and Medical Center cannot survive without sales tax money from the county, Chief Executive Officer Shawn Morrow said. County voters will be faced with two propositions on the Aug. 24 ballot. A vote for proposition one would shift a half-cent sales tax away from the hospital, removing half... Read More
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