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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Bill advances to protect religious foster parents
Legislation that would preserve the religious rights of foster parents has advanced from an Oklahoma House committee.Ray Carter | April 9, 2025
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma House committee quickly approves ban on men in women’s prisons
Members of an Oklahoma House committee have voted to ban men from being placed in women’s prisons. The action is consistent with Trump administration policy but contrary to the views of the newest member of the OU law faculty.Ray Carter | April 9, 2025
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Culture & the Family
The rising conservative populism
In this review of Patrick Ruffini’s book, “Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP,” OCPA’s Rick Farmer sheds light on the emerging conservative populist coalition.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | April 7, 2025
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
Senate votes to ban DEI at Oklahoma colleges
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs would no longer receive state funding under legislation that seeks to make permanent the restrictions already imposed on state colleges through an executive order.Ray Carter | March 28, 2025
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma Senate approves protections for Christian foster parents
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have passed legislation that would protect religious couples from being required to set aside their beliefs in order to serve as foster or adoptive parents.Ray Carter | February 26, 2025
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Ban on men in women’s prisons clears committee
Legislation that would prevent officials from housing “transgender women”—men who self-identify as females—alongside women in state prisons has advanced from an Oklahoma Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 11, 2025
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Culture & the Family
Christian foster parents’ rights preserved by Oklahoma bill
Christian couples could not be required to set aside their religious beliefs about transgenderism in order to serve as foster or adoptive parents in Oklahoma under legislation approved by a Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 10, 2025
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Energy, Culture & the Family
Court ruling a warning for Oklahoma state pensions
A recent ruling by a U.S. District Court validates Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law and fires a warning shot across the bow for the managers of state pension systems.Jonathan Small | February 10, 2025
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Culture & the Family
OKC conference will explore Christian worldview
A Feb. 1 conference at Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond, conducted by Colorado-based Summit Ministries, will offer Oklahomans the chance to review the Christian worldview at a time when it is often under attack.Ray Carter | January 22, 2025
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma Democrats fight to let men use women’s bathroom
Democratic lawmakers started the new year arguing that men should be allowed to use the women’s bathroom at the back of the Oklahoma House chamber.Ray Carter | January 16, 2025