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What’s New?
- Comments on 2016 Election Results & Tulsa Veterans Parade Discrimination
- Response to Murder of Khalid Jabara
- Letter to Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett Calling for Compassionate Response
- Open Letter Calling for Removal of Ten Commandments Monument from OK Capitol
- Interfaith Alliance and OK Affiliates Call on Fallin to Remove 10 Commandments Monument
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Comments on 2016 Election Results & Tulsa Veterans Parade Discrimination
Dear Tulsa Community, It is with very mixed emotions that I write this letter. One part of me is saddened by the wins of certain groups and the loss by others. My heart is broken for so many… so many. … Continue reading
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Open Letter Calling for Removal of Ten Commandments Monument from OK Capitol
The Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma, along with the Tulsa Interfaith Alliance, the national Interfaith Alliance, the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Respect Diversity Foundation, and others issued the following … Continue reading
Posted in Policy Statements, Press Releases
Tagged bob lawrence, CAIR-OK, carl rubinstein, constitution, first amendment, interfaith alliance, interfaith alliance of oklahoma, jayme cox, OCCJ, OK capitol, oklahoma constitution, oklahoma legislature, oklahoma supreme court, respect diversity foundation, separation of church and state, ten commandments, TIA
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Interfaith Alliance and OK Affiliates Call on Fallin to Remove 10 Commandments Monument
Despite a recent court order requiring Oklahoma to remove a statue of the Ten Commandments from the grounds of its capitol, Governor Mary Fallin has insisted on leaving the religious symbol in place. In response to the Governor’s refusal to … Continue reading
City Council Declares Tulsa a “Compassionate Community”
At their meeting on June 25, 2015, the Tulsa City Council unanimously approved a resolution endorsing the Charter for Compassion, declaring Tulsa a Compassionate Community, and authorizing the Human Rights Commission to develop and oversee a 10-year implementation strategy. Our … Continue reading
Support for Supreme Court Decision Affirming Same-Gender Marriage
The Tulsa Interfaith Alliance applauds today’s decision by the US Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges affirming the right of same-gender couples to have their relationships treated, under the law, with the same respect and … Continue reading
Support for Woman’s Right to Wear Muslim Head Scarf
The Tulsa Interfaith Alliance applauds the June 1, 2015 decision of the US Supreme Court in which they sided with a Tulsa woman who was denied employment at the Abercrombie Kids store at Tulsa’s Woodland … Continue reading
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Tagged Abercrombie, islam, jack moline, muslim, muslim head scarf, religious expression, religious freedom, samantha elauf, Tulsa
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