Oklahoma reacts to ruling on marriage

By David Arnett

Attorney General Scott Pruitt

Attorney General Scott Pruitt

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt in a statement on U.S. Supreme Court Rulings on Same-Sex Marriage today said, “The Court’s decisions confirmed that it is up to the states to decide how to define marriage, not the federal government.”

Attorney General Pruitt continued saying, “As a result, Oklahoma’s constitutional provision that defines marriage in Oklahoma as between a man and a woman remains valid.”

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) said, “In  its ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act, I’m disappointed the Supreme Court made a decision that overrides the clear intent of two branches of government.  With this decision, five judges have violated the freedom of conscience of millions of Americans.  Regardless of what people believe about this issue, it should be resolved by We the People, not the Courts.  Our nation was fully capable of resolving this issue without the Court’s cultural and moral commentary.  By taking sides in this debate, the Supreme Court has discouraged any American who believes marriage is a union between one man and one woman from legislating – and even thinking – differently from the Court.
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Tulsa Oilers change ownership

By Rich Lohman

TulsaOilersIt was announced on Tuesday in the BOK Center that after 14 year as owner, Jeff Lund has sold the Tulsa Oilers hockey club to the Wichita based Steven Brothers Sports Management, LLC.  The management team also purchased the Wichita Thunder, who are the only remaining original franchise other than the Oilers.

Jeff Lund helmed the Oilers as general manager from the team’s inception in 1992 before purchasing the team outright in 1999.  Under his direction, he facilitated the team’s move from the Tulsa Convention Center to the BOK Center in 2008, and 3.5 million fans have enjoyed Oiler hockey in his time with the team.  Lund will remain the owner of the Oilers Ice Center and the Tulsa Junior Oilers, a tier III junior hockey team that plays in the Western States Hockey League.
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Rand Paul unloads on Immigration Bill

Senator Rand Paul

Senator Rand Paul

On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) unloaded a series of harsh criticisms on the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News.

Asked if there is a concern that government bureaucrats may take advantage of nonspecific language in the 1,200-page bill, regardless of the intention of any given provision’s author, Paul said, “Yes, that’s what I’ve been saying for a few weeks now, that there are some similarities with Obamacare.”
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OK Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium

By Staff Report

CAIROklaLogoBeginning Friday June 28, the Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 5th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The MYLS program, which continues through June 30, will focus on developing today’s young leaders to be social and community activists with the goal of working towards a better Oklahoma.

The weekend symposium will consist of a networking dinner, a full day of workshops and team-building exercises, a talent show, and will conclude with a mock legislative debate in the House Chambers of the Oklahoma State Capitol building led by Representative Emily Virgin.
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No indications IRS targeted ‘progressives’ the way it did ‘Tea Party’

By David Arnett, Publisher

InternalRevenueServiceTreasuryDavid Freddoso, Conservative Intel, is reporting that House Democrats in their release of new IRS documents, along with a briefing from the new IRS director, managed to get several news outlets to report that “progressive” groups had been targeted by the IRS in much the same way as Tea Party groups. The more accurate reports merely mention that a certain type of “progressive” group application was mentioned on IRS “be on the lookout lists.”

But if progressive advocacy groups were given the third degree, then you might ask why none of them have come forward. Possibly because the documents in question do not actually say they were systematically targeted. And probably because the kinds of groups discussed in these documents are of a totally different nature than the Tea Party groups targeted in the recent scandal.
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