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Don’t Hide Your Pride! Free t-shirts to first 40 volunteers!
Join the ACLU to march in this year’s Pride Parade. The first 40 people who volunteer to march with the ACLU will receive a free ACLU of Oklahoma Pride T-shirt. The parade will be held on Sunday, June...
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ACLU mourns death of civil rights pioneer
The ACLU of Oklahoma mourns the death of civil rights pioneer Clara Luper. Luper passed away earlier this month. In 1958, three years before the famous freedom rides, Luper led a group of young...
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Save equal opportunity in Oklahoma
This summer, the ACLU of Oklahoma will be focusing its efforts on saving equal opportunity programs that are at risk of being banned. During the 2011 sessions, the Oklahoma State Legislature approved a...
View Article2011 Session Ends With Small Victories
The ACLU began the 2011 session tracking almost 50 bills. Although this number was significantly down from the previous session, the bills introduced this year were more hostile toward civil liberties...
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Are you being tracked?
ACLU Seeks Details on Government Phone Tracking in Massive Nationwide Information Request Campaign is One of the Largest Coordinated Information Act Requests in American History In a massive...
View ArticleACLU of Oklahoma and CAIR to Ask Appeals Court Monday to Uphold Ruling
ACLU of Oklahoma and CAIR to Ask Appeals Court Monday to Uphold Ruling Blocking Implementation of Oklahoma Ban on Sharia and International Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2011 CONTACT: Robyn...
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Defending the Indefensible: Oklahoma Struggles to Salvage Its...
Are all faiths equal under the law? Does the fundamental right to worship in this country depend on approval of the majority? These questions lie at the heart of a legal challenge by the American...
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ACLU Says Denial of Clemency for Troy Davis Exemplifies Death Penalty’s...
September 20, 2011 Execution in Face of Serious Doubts Unconscionable and Unconstitutional FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666;media@aclu.org ATLANTA – The Georgia Board of Pardons and...
View ArticleACLU of OK Stands Up to Efforts to Discriminate Against Gay & Lesbian...
n response to the filing of HB 2195, by Rep. Mike Reynolds, which would seek to reinstate the recently repealed, discriminatory policy of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Ryan Kiesel, Executive Director of the...
View ArticleACLU and Women’s Health Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Vital Health Services...
OKLAHOMA CITY – A lawsuit was filed today on behalf of six Oklahoma voters – including women’s health providers– against an Oklahoma ballot initiative that would ban vital health services by granting...
View ArticleBlack Oklahomans Arrested Nearly Three Times More Often for Marijuana...
New Report Features Original Data Analysis on Marijuana Arrest Rates by Race and Details High Costs of Enforcement OKLAHOMA CITY – According to a new report by the ACLU, Blacks were arrested for...
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Coming out of the Shadows of a Broken U.S. Immigration System
Deisy Escalera wrote the following statement capturing her emotions on the day she came out of the shadows of the broken U.S. Immigration system. “It’s 6 in the morning on Friday July 12th, 2013. My...
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Controversial 10 Commandments Monument to be removed from Capitol grounds by...
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission voted 7-1 Tuesday to direct the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to remove a controversial monument of the 10 Commandments from...
View ArticleGovernor’s Office Releases Q and A About Execution Stay
OKLAHOMA CITY — Late Thursday afternoon, Gov. Mary Fallin’s office released a list of questions and answers regarding the stay of execution she issued for Richard Glossip. Gossip was set to be...
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ACLU Oklahoma Applauds School District for Ending Gender Segregation in Classes
TAHLEQUAH — The Woodall School District in Tahlequah has rescinded a decision to place boys and girls in separate classrooms for all academic subjects, after being warned by the ACLU that the sex...
View ArticleGerhart Case a Victory for Free Speech, Attorney Says
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the unconstitutional conviction of activist and Sooner Tea Party head Al Gerhart, of Oklahoma City, in an opinion released today. Gerhart...
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ACLU Official Praises Execution Stays
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s move to stay all executions until the spring of 2016 drew praise from the executive director the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Friday. The comment came after The...
View ArticleCurbside Chronicle Vendors Arrested, Taken to Jail
OKLAHOMA CITY – James Hassan was selling the Curbside Chronicle. Then he went to jail. On August 10, Hassan – who was homeless – was caught panhandling by the Oklahoma City police and given a ticket....
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Seeking More Records From Governor’s Office
OKLAHOMA CITY – Officials with the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against Governor Mary Fallin’s office Monday, seeking documents about how Fallin and her staff have handled...
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Is The Death Penalty Finished In Oklahoma?
Deep in the bowels of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the execution chamber is a stark and sterile place. The area is small. One room is curtained off for media and other witnesses; another for prison...
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