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BREAKING: It’s a great day to be gay in OK

Another day, another win for LGBT equality! The 10th Circuit says the Oklahoma gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.

Nerd out over the legal document whatnot here. Quote:

“In that companion case, we held that: (1) plaintiffs who wish to marry a partner of the same sex or have such marriages recognized seek to exercise a fundamental right; and (2) state justifications for banning same-sex marriage that turn on the procreative potential of opposite-sex couples do not satisfy the narrow tailoring test applicable to laws that impinge upon fundamental liberties,” writes U.S. Circuit Judge Carlos Lucero (appointed by President Clinton).

Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, released the following statement:

“Today’s ruling arises out of the oldest active marriage case in the country, filed in Oklahoma ten years ago; and follows more than two dozen favorable rulings for marriage in the past year. The legal consensus is clear: marriage discrimination is unconstitutional and inflicts concrete harms on committed gay and lesbian couples and their families. From the heart of the Southwest and as far as the Mountain West, the federal rulings from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals from Oklahoma and Utah affirm that all of America is ready for the freedom to marry. It is time for the Supreme Court to end this patchwork of discrimination and bring our country to national resolution as soon as possible.”

As an Oklahoman, I’m excited and proud and I hope all of my friends in OKC go out tonight and celebrate the hell out of this! Here’s a fun old postcard for the Rainbow Room just because it’s fun. Love to all of you back home!

“Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed by a look alike”

Just when you think you’ve heard every reason for a teabagger to challenge the results of an election….here’s one more.

Back home, candidate Timothy Ray Murray challenged U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-03) in the GOP primary June 24th. He lost. He lost by a lot. But that’s not the end of Timothy Ray Murphy.

He’s not quitting now! Why, you may ask?

A press release (emphasis mine) on Timothy Ray Murray’s website reads:

“The election for U.S. House for Oklahoma’s 3rd District will be contested by the Candidate, Timothy Ray Murray. I will be stating that his votes are switched with Rep. Lucas votes, because it is widely known Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed by a look alike. Rep. Lucas’ look alike was depicted as sentenced on a white stage in southern Ukraine on or about Jan. 11, 2011.”

Here – I did a screen shot just in case it finds it’s way to being deleted.

In other news the teabagger in Mississippi is contesting the GOP election for Sen. Thad Cochran. In so doing he may also invalidate his own vote

UPDATE: in an article by the Tulsa World, Capitol Hill reporter Barbara Hoberock writes “Lucas could not immediately be reached for comment.” We can only assume this is because Rep. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed by a look alike. Come on Barbara, shouldn’t it read “The being alleging to be Lucas could not immediately be reached for comment.”