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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 ...
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.
This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case Obergefell v.Hodges on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage in a decision that applies nationwide, with the exception of American Samoa and sovereign tribal nations.
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From Oklahoma's new anti-camping law to the "Women's Bill of Rights," over 200 bills go into effect in the state on Nov. 1.
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The law was short-lived; in 1999, a new law made same-sex sodomy punishable by up to 20 years in prison. [2] Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Oklahoma since 2003, when the United States Supreme Court struck down all state sodomy laws with its ruling in Lawrence v. Texas. [3]
Warning that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights isn't over, Gov. Gavin Newsom urges voters to approve a ballot measure protecting same-sex marriage in California.