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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
As OU pays drag queen $18,000, lawmakers call for defunding
As the University of Oklahoma pays $18,000 to a drag queen for a performance, some lawmakers are calling for defunding higher education.Ray Carter | April 26, 2023
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Culture & the Family
OCPA receives Innovation Prize from Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation announced that it has selected the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs as a recipient of the Heritage Innovation Prize.Staff | April 19, 2023
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
Youth sex-change-surgery ban clears another hurdle
Saying youth should be given time to address mental-health issues before making decisions that can negatively impact their health for decades, members of a House committee have advanced legislation to make it illegal for medical officials to perform transgender surgeries on children.Ray Carter | April 12, 2023
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Economy, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma lawmaker says public-obscenity ban could harm business recruitment
Members of a state House committee have voted to restrict obscene performances in front of children in public. But one opponent said major corporations will not come to Oklahoma if that type of activity is banned.Ray Carter | April 12, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
To stop school porn, enact school choice
Schools should be for education, not indoctrination. But for those who want to radically change society, schools are the obvious place to start.Trent England | April 12, 2023
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Culture & the Family
Bill aiming to curb sex-trafficking draws pushback
An effort to increase the penalties on individuals who pay prostitutes for sex, informally referred to as “johns,” has run into unexpected resistance.Ray Carter | April 10, 2023
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
How to be an effective advocate at the state Capitol
When you are passionate about an issue, you want policymakers to hear your voice. Here are some ways you can effectively communicate your concerns to your legislators.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | April 10, 2023
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
OU drag show declared one of nation’s largest
According to officials at the University of Oklahoma, the school’s annual “Crimson & Queens” drag show is not only the “the largest annual drag show in Oklahoma” but also “one of the largest collegiate drag shows in the U.S.”Ray Carter | April 5, 2023
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
In Oklahoma speech, Chinese-American pediatrician calls for strengthening parental rights
As a longtime pediatrician in Washington state, Dr. Erica Li does not doubt that some individuals—“a very small percentage”—have gender-identity disorder that persists into adulthood.Ray Carter | April 3, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Sarah Stitt: School choice can break cycles of dysfunction
First Lady Sarah Stitt said the lessons she reaped from her upbringing include the importance of education and empowering families with school choice.Ray Carter | April 3, 2023