Sat Apr 28, 2018, 07:23 AM

Soph0571 (9,685 posts)

Oklahoma lawmakers vote to stop same-sex couples from adopting

Oklahoma lawmakers have voted in favour of a bill which enable adoption and foster agencies to reject same-sex couples because of their religious beliefs.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 1140 on April 26, after the bill had been passed by the state Senate on March 13.

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n 2016, a federal judge ruled that Mississippi’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children was unconstitutional – making same-sex adoption legal in all 50 states.

But many states have tried to find ways around this ruling, mostly through the idea that there should be a religious exception for people and agencies who believe LGB people should not be parents because of their faith.

[link:https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/28/oklahoma-lawmakers-vote-to-stop-same-sex-couples-from-adopting/|

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Oklahoma lawmakers vote to stop same-sex couples from adopting (Original post)	Soph0571	Apr 2018	OP
Hypocritical Assholes	Cha	Apr 2018	#1
What is the No. 1 criteria for the OK legislature to consider a law?	avebury	Apr 2018	#2
Live and let live.	Chickensoup	Apr 2018	#3
A message conservatives will never understand.	IluvPitties	Apr 2018	#5
These guys know that these laws are unconstitutional, but they are ...	SWBTATTReg	Apr 2018	#4
They pass these laws	Runningdawg	Apr 2018	#6
Christian privilege at work.	Behind the Aegis	Apr 2018	#7
These people want to outlaw abortion...how many children have they adopted? How fucking	Kirk Lover	Apr 2018	#8

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 07:24 AM

Cha (282,443 posts)

1. Hypocritical Assholes

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 07:49 AM

avebury (10,810 posts)

2. What is the No. 1 criteria for the OK legislature to consider a law?

It must be first and foremost unconstitutional. They love to pass unconstitutional laws which the State AG's office will then defend in court when the inevitable law suit it filed.

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 07:52 AM

Chickensoup (650 posts)

3. Live and let live.

A simple human rights message.

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 08:56 AM

IluvPitties (3,181 posts)

5. A message conservatives will never understand.

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 08:53 AM

SWBTATTReg (19,180 posts)

4. These guys know that these laws are unconstitutional, but they are ...

passing them anyways. Sometimes it takes years to rule unconstitutional.

Perhaps federal judges need to start censuring states that do this sort of thing repeatedly, and fine them pretty big amounts of $ to stop this from continuing.

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 10:56 AM

Runningdawg (4,083 posts)

6. They pass these laws

to "out Christian" each other. They know they will be stuck down. They also know their constituents will vote for them because they keep trying.

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 11:07 AM

Behind the Aegis (51,521 posts)

7. Christian privilege at work.

Beyond the disgusting nature of this act, is that in our broke-ass state, which can't pay teachers a living wage, we will now have to spend tax dollars on court battles just because they want to be bigoted shitstains!

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 11:09 AM

Kirk Lover (3,608 posts)

8. These people want to outlaw abortion...how many children have they adopted? How fucking

dare they deny children PARENTS ....but we can't say we're surprised...it is OK after all and it has a "reputation" for a reason.

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