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Oklahoma clergy discuss Obama's same-sex marriage support
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
Several Oklahoma City-area clergymen share their views on President Barack Obama's May 9 statement of support for same-sex marriage. Read More
Same-sex families no different than heterosexual families
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
In response to John M. Salmeron (Your Views, May 20): The notion that we can't move forward on same-sex marriage based on history or religion is wrong. If America always kept things the way they are, interracial marriage would still be illegal. Salmeron said same-sex couples can be allowed the same rights without... Read More
Marriage for heterosexuals, not same-sex partners
Published: Sun, May 20, 2012
The issue of same-sex marriage has recommendations and endorsements from political activists, and now the president. Members of the gay community feel they're the recipients of discrimination, but the truth is very few people discriminate against them. Marriage is an institution that's been the foundation of a... Read More
Cal Thomas: The president's 'other gospel'
Published: Sat, May 19, 2012
It is one thing to talk about “fairness” when it comes to allowing gays and lesbians to marry; it is quite another to claim biblical authority for such relationships. President Obama cited the “Golden Rule” about treating others as you would like to be treated, but in doing so he ignored the totality of... Read More
Obama right to support gay marriages
Published: Fri, May 18, 2012
Of the many reasons not to support President Obama, his endorsement of gay marriage is not one of them. Why is the heterosexual community so consumed and threatened by the idea of gay marriage? Is the desire to seek happiness, to be emotionally, personally fulfilled, not as much a right for a homosexual as for a... Read More
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
Michael Gerson: Religion as a partisan trump card
Published: Wed, May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney did not rise on the power of his rhetoric. At the Detroit Economic Club in February, his speech was swallowed by its stadium venue, overshadowed by a gaffe (his wife's “couple of Cadillacs”) and weighed down by leaden language. Early in the primaries, Romney's attempts to wax poetic... Read More
Michael Gerson: A general shift in cultural attitudes
Published: Sat, May 12, 2012
WASHINGTON — Principled or calculating or a bit of both, President Obama's choice on gay marriage is a bet on the political future — a wager on the views and values of the millennial generation making its long march through American institutions. It is a group in which Obama still has broad support, but no... Read More
Ruth Marcus: Obama on right side of history with same-sex marriage remarks
Published: Sat, May 12, 2012
WASHINGTON — The White House, according to a senior official, always knew it was going to have to take the plunge on publicly supporting same-sex marriage, and planned to do it in the first term — well before the convention. The topic had been under discussion since the beginning of the year. President Obama... Read More
President Barack Obama voices his support for gay marriage
Updated: Wed, May 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House. Obama's announcement, after refusing to take a clear stand for... Read More
Target says 'Love is Love,' supports same-sex marriage through new merchandise
Published: Thu, May 3, 2012
Target appears to be extending an olive branch to the gay community with a new line of products set to launch later this month. Read More
Bishops change course on religious liberty
Published: Tue, Nov 8, 2011
When it comes to changing course, ecclesiastical bureaucracies are like giant oceangoing vessels that struggle to turn quickly when obstacles appear in their paths.
It took time, but the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made a sea change in how it works on religious freedom issues.
Faced with what they see... 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
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
Ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean admits to making sex tape
Updated: Tue, Nov 10, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean calls a sex tape she made for an ex-boyfriend several years ago "the biggest mistake of my life."
Prejean told Fox News Monday and NBC's "Today" show Tuesday she shot the X-rated video of herself alone when she was 17 and sent it to a boyfriend.
The... Read More
Gay activists meeting in Missouri cite Oklahoma's "intensely hostile environment"
Updated: Fri, Jul 31, 2009
CLAYTON, Mo. — Gay marriage and gays in the military may dominate the headlines, but activists in many states say their fight is much more fundamental: basic rights and protections against discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation.
Activists from state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and... Read More
From the nuclear-powered desk: Forget about not being embarrassed
Updated: Wed, Jul 22, 2009
Remember a few weeks ago, when I said you shouldn’t be ashamed of Oklahoma? It was a sort of love letter to the state where I grew up and of which I am occasionally proud.
Well, that was a few weeks ago. Since then, Sally Kern happened.
Sally Kern never does anything. That would imply sentience. No, Sally... Read More
All You Need is Love
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2009
CHICAGO — Tina Fakhrid-Deen was 10 when her mother came out and told her she was a lesbian.
“She didn't look like other moms. … She was a construction worker and didn't wear makeup.”
Despite being embarrassed and teased about her mother at times, Fakhrid-Deen, 35, grew up well-rounded,... Read More
Letters to the Editor: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008
Published: Tue, Oct 28, 2008
Highway tips
After commuting on Interstate 44 the last few years, I have some suggestions for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. We could promote I-44 as being the largest puddle in the world. The rough surface results in the smallest amount of rain pooling up and creating an effect much like driving through a car... Read More
Suit against gay marriage recognition in NY tossed
Updated: Thu, May 29, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge has thrown out the first direct legal challenge to the New York governor's move to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, calling the policy a legally allowable stand for fairness.
A decision by gay couples to wed represents "a personal expression of emotional... Read More
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