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Oklahoma permits adoption by a couple or an unmarried adult without regard to sexual orientation. [10] In August 2007, years before Oklahoma began allowing same-sex marriage, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Finstuen v. Crutcher ordered Oklahoma to recognize an adoption by a same-sex couple. The child had been born in Oklahoma ...
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association: Carroll, A. and Mendos, L.R., State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition. Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación: Acción de inconstitucionalidad 32/2016, 2017-07-11.
Some states granted full adoption rights to same-sex couples, while others banned same-sex adoption or only allowed one partner in a same-sex relationship to adopt the biological child of the other. On 31 March 2016, Federal District Court struck down Mississippi's ban on same-sex couple adoptions. [1]
Similar adoption bills are being considered in Kansas and Colorado, and at least seven other states have already passed such laws. Oklahoma advances adoption bill that could discriminate against ...
Infobox LGBTQ rights adds an infobox with a location map and a brief overview of a country or territory's LGBT rights. This infobox is intended to replace {{LGBT rights}} and location maps on LGBTQ rights in (country) (or US state) articles. To add to an article, copy and paste the blank version below.
Three civil rights groups have vowed to take “swift legal action” against a slate of proposed restrictions on gender-affirming health care for transgender youths and adults in Oklahoma should ...
The majority opinion of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, written by Justice Richard Darby, concluded that Penkoski's actions did not meet the legal definition of stalking; therefore, the law was ...
Oklahoma and Bishop v. United States), was stayed pending appeal. [1] On July 18, 2014, a panel of the Tenth Circuit upheld Kern's ruling overturning Oklahoma's same-sex marriage ban. However, the panel put its ruling on hold pending disposition of a petition for certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court. On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ...