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- 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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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
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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
Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar to Receive 2015 Russell Bennett Faith and Courage Award
The Board of Directors of the Tulsa Interfaith Alliance is pleased to announce that the Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar, Sr Minister of All Souls Unitarian Church, has been selected as the recipient of the Russell Bennett Faith and Courage Award … Continue reading
Opposition to SB48
The Tulsa Interfaith Alliance wishes to voice its opposition to Senate Bill 48, introduced by Sen. Kyle Loveless (R-Oklahoma City). The bill seeks to provide immunity from liability for school district employees who wish to teach an elective course on … Continue reading
Human Rights Commission Supports Charter for Compassion
NOVEMBER 17, 2014, TULSA, OK – At today’s meeting of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) for the City of Tulsa, commissioners approved a proposal from the Tulsa Interfaith Alliance in collaboration with the Interfaith sub-committee of the HRC to begin … Continue reading