Category Archives: Tulsa Speaks

Petition Reforms Clearly Constitutional

By Jonathan Small, OCPA

Opinion: A case pending before the Oklahoma Supreme Court asks a simple question. Is it legal to require that initiative-petition efforts gather signatures from across Oklahoma? The answer is easy: Yes.

Senate Bill 1027, by state Sen. David Bullard and House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, made several reforms to Oklahoma’s initiative-petition process, but the most notable required the collection of signatures equal to no more than 11.5 percent of the votes cast in any county during the most recent statewide general election (when seeking to change state law) or 20.8 percent (when seeking to amend the Oklahoma Constitution, which requires more signatures to advance to the ballot).

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Nigerian Christians Suffering Genocide

By David Arnett

‘These people are being martyred for the faith while we sit comfortably at home in America, unwilling to speak out against these atrocities’ says Dr. Alex McFarland.

Christians around the world may be watching in horror at the mass genocide of Christians in Nigeria, but they are not doing enough to stop the slaughter. Nigeria is home to more than 106 million Christians, and most believers face severe oppression and hostility on a daily basis. This year, Nigerian Christians are being martyred at a rate of more than one per hour. “If nothing is done in the next few years, Christianity will cease to exist in Nigeria,” said one expert. To the shame of the American church, even self-avowed atheist Bill Maher called out the “systematic killing” of Christians in Nigeria while too many U.S. churches remain silent.

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The Real Problem with School Choice

By Jonathan Bartlett

Analysis: “School Choice” is the modern name for school vouchers.  Essentially, the idea is that money for schooling should follow a student wherever they go.  If they go to public school – great!  The public school gets the money.  But it is also fine if they go to a private school.  The private school will just get the money that would have gone to the public school.

Once upon a time I was in favor of this, and there are a lot of conservatives who favor this approach for a number of reasons.  I will also say that most of the criticisms of School Choice being brought out by either the public or the public school system almost completely miss the mark and misunderstand what is happening and what the goal is.  However, there is a deeper criticism of School Choice that I have come to recognize. 

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Busting Deviant Narratives

By David Arnett

Editorial: With the third largest deviant population in America (San Francisco, Houston are one and two), Tulsa has cause to oppose anti-morality narratives. Our Equality Center may not appreciate the truth, but once the “Gay Marriage” monstrosity became law, the desperate-for-fundraising-profitability folk, focused on a transsexual illusion to prosper themselves and rot the heart of America.

Breaking common propaganda, The Daily Signal offered “‘CULTURE OF VIOLENCE’: How a Big Leftist Transgender Group Juices the Numbers to Demonize Critics” by Senior Editor Tyler O’Neil. Published September 24 as a commentary, it is worthy of careful consideration as news.

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