by Arnold Hamilton | the Journal Record | Mar 1, 2018 | In The News
Heaven knows the Oklahoma Legislature needs all the prayers it can get. So why take an instrument of peace and harmony – the House chaplain-of-the-day – and transform it into a weapon of political and religious war? Especially at a time when a divisive, ongoing fiscal...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Feb 28, 2018 | In The News
A chaplain program at the state Capitol is being changed once again, this time to follow a model used by the U.S. Congress. In a prepared statement distributed Tuesday, Rep. Chuck Strohm, R-Jenks, who oversees the House Chaplain of the Day/Chaplain of the Week...
by KFOR-TV & K. QUERRY | Oklahoma's News 4 | Feb 26, 2018 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – Leaders from all different faiths headed to the Oklahoma State Capitol on Monday to get clarification on a change that they say would exclude non-Christians from leading legislators in prayer. According to a letter obtained by CAIR Oklahoma, Rep....
by Adam Soltani | Feb 23, 2018 | Blog
Representative Chuck Strohm (R-Tulsa), Chaplain Coordinator for the 2018 Legislative Session, has issued new guidelines potentially blocking all non-Christian religious leaders from leading lawmakers in prayer each day at the beginning of session. Rep. Strohm drafted...
by Dean Obeidallah | Daily Beast | Feb 23, 2018 | In The News
You know how each session of state legislatures opens with a prayer? Well, down in Oklahoma, they’ve cooked up a clever way to make sure only Christians deliver it. Oklahoma, where only Christians are allowed to give the opening prayer! Okay, not as catchy as the...
