Man, Oklahoma sure hates same sex marriage.

[RandySF]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans with the LGBT community celebrated last week after a federal judge ruled Oklahoma’s current ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

Scott J. Hamilton, with the Cimarron Alliance Equality Center, says, “That euphoria didn’t last too long.”

Almost immediately, talks of an appeal began and new anti-same sex marriage legislation was filed.

With House Joint Resolution 1076, Rep. Mike Turner wants voters to decide; do they support same-sex marriage in Oklahoma or not?
If not, the bill would change the state’s Constitution.

It’s been 10 years since the majority of Oklahomans voted ‘no’ on the issue but Hamilton thinks the results would be different in 2014.
“At the time, marriage equality was not a reality anywhere in our country,” says Hamilton. “Today, we are seeing a movement like never before.”

Rep. Mike Turner says, “I think Oklahoma’s opinion hasn’t changed much.”

Rep. Turner says the language of this joint resolution was drafted long before last week’s decision because he says he saw it coming.



http://kfor.com/2014/01/22/oklahoma-lawmakers-fight-back-against-gay-marriage-ruling/

[Logical]

1. That state is about as Red as you can get. And I live in Kansas! n-t

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. Civil rights issues should NEVER be left up to a vote.

Many people have the tendency to vote against others having the same freedoms they enjoy. History is replete with examples - Women voting, Blacks voting, Interracial marriage, etc.

[dballance]

3. Yep, think about it if we took that approach to Jim Crow

If we took the "states rights" approach to the civil rights fight for AA people much of the South would still have segregation.

[Mister Ed]

4. +1. Thank you.

[caraher]

5. Meanwhile in Indiana...

the Republican leadership are shoving a state constitutional amendment through the legislature by any means necessary (when replacing the committee members unwilling to vote for it looked too heavy-handed, they simply shopped it to a different committee where they had the votes. Indiana voters will likely be presented with the measure in November. All because merely having a law against gay marriage already isn't enough. And this despite polling that shows the measure is unpopular, despite pleas from business and educational leaders not to make our state that much less attractive to talented people, and despite the obvious cold feet of many in the Republican-dominated legislature.