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An Oklahoma legislator’s new bill proposes a wild solution to a non-existent problem, calling for animal control to handle students pretending to be animals — which, again, isn't actually a thing.
Oklahoma Republicans want to impeach President Obama for protecting trans students. But first they want to make sure no God-fearing Christian student is forced to share a bathroom with a trans classmate.Â
An Oklahoma lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an antigay rant was stopped from entering the state capitol Wednesday when she was found to have a loaded handgun in her purse, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. Patrol spokeswoman Chris West said Republican representative Sally Kern was not charged because there did not appear to be any ''malicious intent'' behind her actions.
House Republicans claim Turner was harboring a fugitive when a protester took shelter in the lawmaker's office.
Sponsors of the bill were able to get 10 GOP lawmakers in the House and five in the Senate who had previously voted against the ban to vote to override the veto.
Lawmakers, following a request from the House Ethics Committee, are surveying aides and former House pages to find out if any of them had knowledge of ex-congressman Mark Foley's inappropriate conduct toward male pages.
The bill that's advancing would make it a felony to provide this care.
The legislation lets faith-based agencies, even those with state contracts, turn away prospective parents who offend their beliefs.
Transgender student-athletes, gender-affirming procedures, and more are the targets of their legislation.
But in some other states, even right-wing lawmakers are taking the installation of the pride-colored poles in stride.
Both bills, awaiting a governor's signature, would let child placement agencies with state contracts discriminate based on religious dogma.
They voted to force the state’s only transgender legislator to conduct her work remotely.
The measure allows faith-based agencies, even those using taxpayer funds, to turn away prospective parents who offend their religious beliefs.
The effort is led by members of the state house GOP.
Regardless of what lawmakers want, Uber has its own anti-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
It's the second consecutive year that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a trans-exclusionary sports till.
Greg Harris, the new Illinois House majority leader, is one of several out lawmakers ascending to key posts.
