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1. American Missionary Sentenced to 40 Years for Molesting Orphans

A former missionary from Oklahoma was sentenced in U.S. federal court on Monday to 40 years in prison for molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage. Matthew Lane Durham, 21, was accused of molesting eight ...

Created on 08 March 2016

2. Christian College President Sets Off Social Media Firestorm With 'Narcissistic' Comment

The president of a Christian college in Oklahoma touched off a social media firestorm this week for saying in a blog post that students are too quick to play the victim card and current culture has taught ...

Created on 03 December 2015

3. Workers Use Cover of Night to Dismantle Godly Monument

Under the cover of night, a 6-foot-tall (180-cm) granite monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments was removed from the Oklahoma Capitol grounds after judges said its placement on government land violated ...

Created on 07 October 2015

4. Oklahoma Capitol Given 13 Days to Remove Holy Monument

An Oklahoma commission voted on Tuesday to remove a privately funded granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the State Capitol grounds, after a judge ordered its removal by Oct. 12.  The Capitol ...

Created on 30 September 2015

5. Republicans in Uproar Over State Striking Down Pro-Life Law

An Oklahoma judge struck down on Monday a law aimed at limiting the use of abortion-inducing drugs, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it did not apply to other medication. The law requires ...

Created on 11 August 2015

6. Oklahoma Supreme Court Decrees Ten Commandments Must Go

Oklahoma's Supreme Court on Monday said the state must remove a Ten Commandments stone monument first placed at its Capitol in 2012, rejecting an appeal to reconsider an earlier decision. The justices ...

Created on 28 July 2015

7. Oklahoma Governor Models Civil Disobedience in 10 Commandments Ruling

 Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said on Tuesday she will keep a Ten Commandments monument on Capitol grounds to allow lawmakers time to find ways to block a state Supreme Court decision ordering its removal. ...

Created on 08 July 2015

8. That Didn't Take Long: Ten Commandments Banned in Oklahom

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Ten Commandments monument placed on State Capitol grounds must be removed because the Oklahoma Constitution bans the use of state property for the benefit ...

Created on 01 July 2015

9. Oklahoma Missionary: I Was Possessed by an Evil Spirit and Don't Remember Molesting Those Childre

An Oklahoma man charged with sexually molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage told a U.S. federal court on Wednesday he was innocent but believed he was possessed by an evil spirit that made him do things ...

Created on 18 June 2015

10. American Atheists: The Ten Commandments Are Injuring Us

A U.S. judge dismissed a case on Tuesday filed by an atheist group that was seeking to remove a Ten Commandments monument from Oklahoma State Capitol grounds, saying the plaintiffs failed to show standing ...

Created on 11 March 2015

11. University May Boot Students for Racist Chant Video

The University of Oklahoma is looking to suspend or expel students who were found singing a song filled with racial epithets, its president said on Tuesday.  On Monday, the university closed the Sigma ...

Created on 10 March 2015

12. Oklahoma House Panel OK's Bill to Punish Licensing of Gay Marriag

An Oklahoma bill to punish any local or state employee who issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples will be heading to a vote in the state House of Representatives after a committee approved the legislation ...

Created on 19 February 2015

13. Man Arrested for Tipping Over Ten Commandments

A man was taken into custody on Friday on suspicion of knocking over a Ten Commandments monument with a car on the grounds of the Oklahoma statehouse and then fleeing the scene, law enforcement officials ...

Created on 24 October 2014

14. Oklahoma Judge Stands for Life Despite Pro-Abortion 'Risk' Threat

An Oklahoma judge said on Wednesday he will allow a law that bans abortion-inducing drugs to take effect as planned on Nov. 1, over the objections of abortion-rights advocates who said the measure is poor ...

Created on 23 October 2014

15. After Satanic Black Mass, Clergy Cast Devil out of Civic Center

Oklahoma City's Roman Catholic archdiocese said on Thursday that its archbishop and a priest performed "prayers of exorcism" to help rid the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall of dangerous spirits after ...

Created on 03 October 2014

16. Muslim Suspect in Oklahoma Beheading Incident Expected to Be Charged With Murder

Oklahoma plans to file a murder charge as early as Monday against Alton Nolen, who is suspected of beheading a former co-worker at a food distribution center last week, officials said. The Federal Bureau ...

Created on 29 September 2014

17. Church Sues Satanists for Allegedly Stealing Communion Wafers for Black Mass

Oklahoma's Catholic Archbishop filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to halt the use of what he said were stolen communion wafers destined for a satanic black mass ceremony to be held next month in Oklahoma City. ...

Created on 21 August 2014

18. 'The Devil Made Me Do It,' Claims Missionary Who Admits Raping Childre

An Oklahoma teen charged with raping and sexually assaulting numerous children while volunteering at a missionary children's home in Kenya says a demon made him do it, prosecutors said on Friday. Matthew ...

Created on 04 August 2014

19. Oklahoma Teen Charged With Raping Missionary Children

An Oklahoma teenager is charged with traveling to Kenya to sexually abuse children at a missionary children's home in the East African country, prosecutors said on Tuesday. According to records released ...

Created on 23 July 2014

20. Pro-Abortion Activists Up in Arms About Oklahoma Abortion Bill

The Oklahoma House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday to apply new restrictions on abortions that lawmakers said are aimed at protecting women's health but opponents say are designed ...

Created on 28 February 2014