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[1]: 698 The ruling was quickly overturned, [1]: 698 but it gained significant national attention, and inspired Oklahoma lawmakers to pursue a ban on the use of Sharia law in their state. [3] After the amendment passed, Oklahoma's solicitor general, Patrick R. Wyrick, cited this case as part of his attempt to defend the amendment in court. [2]
A religious exemption is a legal privilege that exempts members of a certain religion from a law, regulation, or requirement. Religious exemptions are often justified as a protection of religious freedom, and proponents of religious exemptions argue that complying with a law against one's faith is a greater harm than complying against a law that one otherwise disagrees with due to a fear of ...
Elohim City [Note 1] (also known as Elohim City Inc. [2] and Elohim Village) is a private community in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States.The 400 acres (1.6 km 2) rural retreat was founded in 1973 by Robert G. Millar, a Canadian immigrant, former Mennonite, and "one of the most important leaders" in America's Christian Identity movement, a theology common to an assortment of right-wing ...
Four civil rights organizations and an Oklahoma law firm said they made a joint request for records Friday, seeking information from the Oklahoma State Department of Education about state schools ...
An Oklahoma bill has stirred controversy in the state Legislature for seeking to label Hispanic people who are gang members as terrorists. No other racial or ethnic group is singled out in the ...
The president pro tempore is an ex officio voting member of state senate committees. The presiding officer sits in a chair in the front of the Oklahoma Senate chamber. The presiding officer acts as the Oklahoma Senate's mouthpiece, performs duties such as announcing the results of vote, and controls debates by calling on members to speak.
All 20 Democrats in the House voted against the bill on Thursday, but 77 of the 81 Republican members voted, as Rep. Jon Echols, of Oklahoma City, put it, "to signal to those in our country ...
The 60th Oklahoma Legislature is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It meets in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027, during the second two years of the second administration of Governor Kevin Stitt .