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Editorial: Pushing homosexual legislation

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Rep. Jason Dunningham, D-Oklahoma City, wants to make it a crime for a licensed counselor to tell a client age 18 or younger that they don’t have to be a homosexual. Dunningham authored House Bill 2456 and thank goodness, it looks like it won’t get serious consideration by the Republican-led Legislature. Other states like California…

Editorial: More cops for dangerous Downtown

Tulsa Beacon

Crime and the prospect of crime has gotten so bad in Downtown Tulsa that the Police Department is expanding the special task force that is assigned there. Anyone who has attended a baseball game or a concert downtown knows that if you park several blocks from your destination, the possibility of danger lurks in the…

Editorial: Widow’s Bible study is targeted

Tulsa Beacon

Officials with the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) in Yountville say they evict an 84-year-old widow from California Veterans Home unless she stops teaching a Bible study for fellow residents. Pacific Justice Institute is representing Artis Breau. She and her late husband moved into the Veterans Home nine months ago. Her husband served as…

Editorial: Governor Stitt keeps his promise

Tulsa Beacon

It’s nice to finally have a governor who keeps his campaign promises and adheres to his party’s platform. Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Tulsa, signed his first bill one hour after it had passed. The constitutional carry bill give open carry to law-abiding Oklahomans. It is an important step to clear up the state’s messy gun laws….

Editorial: AOC: Stop having children?

Tulsa Beacon

History does repeat itself. “And those who ignore history are destined to repeat it.” – Edmund Burke U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, wants fewer babies to be born in America. A proud socialist, Ocasio-Cortez asked the question, “Is it OK still to have children?” Implicit in that statement is her view that, no, people…

Editorial: Democrats and infanticide bill

Tulsa Beacon

Democrats in the U.S. Senate call themselves “pro-choice” and not “pro-abortion” while describing others as “anti-abortion” rather than the preferred term of “pro-life.” Several actions recently prove that the “pro-abortion” tag is more realistic. U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, recently introduced a bill that had a simple message. If an unborn baby survived an attempted…

Editorial: Obstetrics RN: logical reasons why abortion is murder

Tulsa Beacon

Here is part of an essay from Cynthia, DNP (Doctor of nursing practice), ACNS-BC, who is a registered nurse with 28 years of experience working in obstetrics and eight years with medical surgical and hospice nursing. For 17 years, she has taught nursing. The story came from thetorchblog.net. In her field, she has worked decades…

Editorial: Gambling damages Oklahomans

Tulsa Beacon

The big myth about gambling in Oklahoma is that it enhances “economic development.” Any gains for local economies are heavily offset by the personal tragedies created by the Oklahoma Lottery, the states 135-plus casinos and gambling on the Internet. The proliferation of gambling wrecks marriages and destroys careers. It costs hard-working people their savings, their…

Editorial: Freedom of speech wins in Wash.

Tulsa Beacon

Freedom of speech is still alive in America. At least it is in Keenewick, Washington, where a Benton County District judge dismissed charges against a Christian evangelist who preaches outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Eric Schonbachler travels around his state, preaching in front of abortion clinics. He carries a sign with a photo of a…

Editorial: Sex-change study stopped in UK

Tulsa Beacon

A growing number of people who have “sex changes” have huge regrets about that decision but a judge in England is blocking attempts to study why transgenderism is wrecking so many lives. A United Kingdom judge ruled in favor of a university that blocked a psychotherapist’s proposal to research why so many of his transgender…