by Adam Soltani | May 16, 2020 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 5/16/2020) — The Oklahoma Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma (ACLU of OK) today condemned the passage of an anti-free speech bill, HB 3967, in the Oklahoma Senate....
by Associate Press | AP News | Mar 11, 2020 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma civil rights groups said Monday they intend to sue the state if the Legislature passes a bill to prohibit state contracts with companies that boycott Israel. Attorneys with the Oklahoma chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union...
by Barbara Hoberock | Tulsa World | Mar 3, 2020 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY — Muslims celebrated advocacy day on Monday without protesters yelling at them or holding signs in their faces as they entered the state Capitol. It was a situation noted more than once during the Sixth Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol. “Love and peace...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog
The House chamber balcony is flushed in red. Two grassroots organizations in red t-shirts are here on this cold Monday in February. A group advocating for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) wear red in solidarity with the Native American women...
by Lani Habrock | The Oklahoman | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog
A bill filed for the 2020 legislative session seeks to exclude private business owners from state markets if their political ideologies don’t line up with that of the authors’. House Bill 3967, by Reps. Mark McBride, R-Moore, and Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, restricts...
