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Free the States Statement on Remaining Pro-Life Bills on General Order
The Oklahoma legislature has already passed the supposed “total abortion ban” (SB612) and a bill amending in legally insignificant ways last year’s trigger bill (SB1555). In addition to these two, there is a handful of pro-life bills sitting on general order eligible to be heard on the floors of the State House and Senate before…
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Free the States Statement on Pro-Life Bills to Be Heard in the 2/21/22 OK Senate HHS Committee Hearing
On Monday, February 21, 2022, the Oklahoma Senate Health and Human Services Committee is meeting to hear and vote on five pro-life bills. We expect that all five will pass. Last year, the day they killed the abolition bill and passed six pro-life incremental bills in its place, they sent out a press release about…
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Responding to (and Praying For) Randy Alcorn
Christian author Randy Alcorn published two articles last week addressing abolitionism; the first of which being a reprint of Scott Klusnedorf’s recent Gospel Coalition article with a short preface from Alcorn, and the second a more extended exposition of Alcorn’s own perspective. There is much to take issue with ideologically which we will discuss in…
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Defiance of Tyrants Must Be the New Republican Litmus Test
In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis observed that “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” Without courage, the other virtues are hardly relevant, as they will only be expressed when it is easy to express them. Reworking Lewis’ point for the political situation we…
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Greg Treat Calls Out FTS and Slanders Us on the Senate Floor
Last Tuesday, while defending himself against attacks over his opposition to State sovereignty, Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat quoted an excerpt from an article of mine on the Senate floor while making various criticisms of Free the States. “This group [Free the States] that many of you know and some of you are friends with…
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Greg Treat’s Mind-Numbingly Ignorant Opposition to HB1236
Oklahoma House Bill 1236 by Charles McCall is a bill to recognize the right of Oklahoma to review certain actions of the federal government and declare them unconstitutional if appropriate. Yesterday, we explained that HB1236 is a good bill, but is in need of an amendment to include a recognition of Oklahoma’s right to declare…
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FTS Statement on HB1236 and a Suggested Amendment
Oklahoma House Bill 1236 by Speaker Charles McCall is an act recognizing that the State legislature possesses the right to review certain actions of the federal government for unconstitutionality, and to refuse to cooperate with them if the State finds them illegal. On Tuesday, April 19th, a rally is being held at the capitol to…
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Abortion Can, Must, and Shall Be Abolished State-by-State
[UPDATE: Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Tragically, every state in the union obeyed orders to allow the murder of children for 49 years. All of this information remains relevant as it is possible that Congress or the executive branch may attempt to once again for child murder on the states. Should that happen, we…
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Larry Boggs Campaigns With 2019 & 2020 Abortion Rights Men of the Year
Larry Boggs, a candidate for Oklahoma’s 7th Senate District, posted a picture on his campaign Facebook page on Friday of himself in between 2019 Abortion Rights Man of the Year Greg Treat and 2020 Abortion Rights Man of the Year Greg McCortney. This picture was posted alongside the caption, “Truly humbled! Thank you to Senator…
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Free the States Memo to OK Senators Regarding SB1728
Requesting Your Opposition to Senate Bill 1728 Dear Senator, Senate Bill 1728 is a woefully inadequate response to the mass murder that is taking place every day under the covering of Oklahoma State law. Your duty as a legislator is to write just laws. SB1728 is unjust. Allowing for a civil suit by the post-abortive…
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