Oklahoma City chapter of
Americans United for
Separation of Church & State
Fifth Annual Legislative
Preview
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Belle Isle Public Library,
5501 N. Villa
10:00am to noon
Crossing
the Line
Introduction
Guest speakers--
Rev. Jim Shields: brief
overview of church/state separation in Methodist history.
Jim Huff: brief overview of
church/state separation in Southern Baptist history.
Dr. Victor Hutchison: brief
look at 2014 proposed legislation affecting science education in
public schools.
Apocalyptic
Fantasy in Government
–-
John Loghry, chapter
president, brief remarks concerning religion and government
Repointing Jefferson's
Wall--
James Nimmo: brief summary
of Bishop v. USA—Federal District Judge Terence Kern's ruling
concerning marriage equality in Oklahoma.
Selected discussion of
proposed bills--
Chas
Stewart, chapter secretary:
"School
employee religious liberty act", HB 2675.
Damion
Reinhardt, chapter treasurer: “Religious
Viewpoints Anti-discrimination
Act”,
HB 1456, 1040, 2422; SB 1142
Q & A
Useful
Websites and Links
Oklahoma
Legislature
Same-Gender
Marriage and Religious Freedom
Oklahoma
Policy Prostitute
Americans
United for Separation of Church & State
Oklahoma
City chapter of Americans United
http://tinyurl.com/m852ymg |
Good
analysis of Tulsa Judge Kern's marriage equality ruling
Chart
describing Biblical history of marriage
courtesy
of Ryan Long
(click on the image for a larger view)
.PNG)
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