en-us http://www.outinoklahomacity.com/ LGBT News http://www.outinoklahomacity.com/home/news.asp?articleid=33955 Oklahoma State Senator Steve Russell presented an amendment on Wednesday that changed a bill to would form a taskforce to study the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, and also inserted language that would make it optional for the state to share information on investigations into hate crimes... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.outinoklahomacity.com/news.asp?articleid=33955 OutInOklahomacity.com http://www.outinoklahomacity.com/home/news.asp?articleid=33849 Jason Nelson, the Republican Oklahoma state rep — who does not have gay face! — introduced HB 3408, called "An act relating to marriage" which would make it a felony for a minister of the gospel to solemnize a marriage not recognized by the state. Apparently their 2004 constitutional amendment codifying marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution, banning civil unions and other legal protections for gay and lesbian people, and punishing any issuance of a marriage license to a same-sex couple weren't enough to "protect marriage... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.outinoklahomacity.com/news.asp?articleid=33849 OutInOklahomacity.com