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Oklahoma: No such thing as gay hate crime

According to Oklahoma law sexual orientation is not protected under the hate crime statute(s).

David Schulte, a writer with Tulsa World reports;

Twice within the past week, Robert Stotler and his partner

have been targets of anti-gay messages at their Tulsa home.

About seven days ago, the message "Gays Must Go" was spray-painted on their garage door, and a symbol resembling a swastika, which is used by some white supremacist groups, was spray-painted on the side of their home.

Holes were punched in a friend's pickup's tires and the truck was set on fire while parked in Stotler's driveway.

The message "I'll be back" was spray-painted on both sides of the vehicle.

And back the person came.

A few days later, holes were punched in the front door of their home in the 11800 block of East 25th Street, and the message "Gay Go Away" was painted on it.

Stotler and his partner say they are victims of hate crimes, but police say they are not. Their reports call the crimes acts of vandalism or malicious mischief.

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OKLAHOMA: Gay-straight network for schools will be formed

Local support organizations are launching a regional gay-straight alliance network for area high schools with a youth leadership summit Saturday.

Oklahomans for Equality, Youth Services of Tulsa and the Mental Health Association in Tulsa will present the day of workshops for teenagers, parents, teachers and school administrators at the Youth Services building.

The idea for a network of gay-straight alliances came from evaluating a 2005 needs assessment of the Tulsa lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community. More than half of the respondents said youth services was a top-five need.

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Oklahoma Families to Rally at State Capitol

Oklahoma Families to Rally at State Capitol and Call for Meeting With Representative Sally Kern

WHEN: Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Noon - 1pm

WHERE: The Oklahoma State Capitol 1st Floor Rotunda North Lincoln Boulevard at N.E. 23rd Street Oklahoma City

WHAT: Families, allies and loved ones of GLBT citizens from Oklahoma will gather at the State Capitol on Tuesday in response to Representative Sally Kern's recent statements calling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community" the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism" and that GLBT people are "just destroying this nation."
Voters from across the state, including members of the Oklahoma City chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), will request to meet with Kern about her remarks. The public is encouraged to join the Oklahoma chapters of PFLAG and support calls for a meeting with Kern.

WHO: Speakers will include Rev. Loyce Newton-Edwards, president of the Oklahoma City PFLAG chapter; chapter vice president Conna Wilkinson; and attorney Richard Ogden, chair of Cimarron Alliance Foundation.

WHY: "Representative Kern's remarks undermine our nation's commitment to 'liberty and justice for all,' and do a great disservice to our families and communities," PFLAG says in a statement to be released at the rally."Every Oklahoman, and every American, deserves a public servant who believes in the dignity of all our children and who refuses to take part in divisive and counter-productive attacks on our families. Words matter, and Representative Kern's statement sent a clear message that she condones second-class citizenship for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Her remarks disrespect our GLBT loved ones, dishonor the service of nearly 10,000 lesbian and gay veterans in Oklahoma and disregard her duty to uphold our country's most noble values. Representative Kern owes her constituents an explanation, and our families an apology."