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Oklahoma law is based on the Oklahoma Constitution ... Title 42. Liens; Title 43. Marriage; Title 43A. Mental Health; Title 44. Militia; Title 45. Mines and Mining;
Oklahoma Question 711 [3] of 2004, was an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, thus rendering recognition or performance of same-sex marriages or civil unions null within the state prior to its being ruled unconstitutional. The referendum was approved by 76 percent of the voters.
Oklahoma and Bishop v. United States), was stayed pending appeal. [1] On July 18, 2014, a panel of the Tenth Circuit upheld Kern's ruling overturning Oklahoma's same-sex marriage ban. However, the panel put its ruling on hold pending disposition of a petition for certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court. On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Supreme Court and #SSM (a same-sex marriage hashtag) immediately shot to the top of trending topics in the United States on Twitter. Supreme Court of the United States immediately became the most ...
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family §43-3.1. Recognition of marriage between persons of same gender prohibited. A marriage between persons of the same gender performed in another state shall not be recognized as valid and binding in this state as of the date of the marriage.
Oklahoma permits adoption by a couple or an unmarried adult without regard to sexual orientation. [10] In August 2007, years before Oklahoma began allowing same-sex marriage, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Finstuen v. Crutcher ordered Oklahoma to recognize an adoption by a same-sex couple. The child had been born in Oklahoma ...
Constitutional bans on same-sex unions were advocated in response to the legalization of same-sex marriage in other jurisdictions, notably Canada and Massachusetts.. Some amendments and some proposed amendments forbade a state from recognizing even non-marital civil unions and domestic partnerships, while others explicitly allowed for same-sex unions that were not called "marriages".
Under Oklahoma law, any gear that promotes a political candidate — like T-shirts, hats, buttons or masks — is banned within 300 feet of polling places and early in-person absentee voting sites.