Coburn Sends Warning to Earmark Seeking House Members

According to Code Red, 16 House members remain undecided on how they will vote on the health care takeover bill (as of Friday night, 10:52 p.m.).

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Muskogee) sent House members a stern message yesterday, warning them they will be exposed if they switch their vote from no to yes in exchange for earmarks.

Certification Training in PREPARE-ENRICH Marriage Assessments to be Offered

Pastors, Marriage Mentors, and Lay Marriage Ministry Activists:

Be trained to counsel premarital couples and crisis couples! Take one of several upcoming PREPARE-ENRICH certification trainings.

Marriage Network Oklahoma referrals get a 20% discount (see details below); Southern Baptist pastors can get a special price through the BGCO.

The PREPARE-ENRICH certification workshop is designed to help facilitators learn how to administer the PREPARE-ENRICH assessments and to provide feedback to premarital and married couples using six core and over 20 supplemental exercises.

Learn to help couples identify their strengths and growth areas in categories such as Communication, Conflict Resolution, Spiritual Beliefs & Financial Management.

All Workshops led by: Dr. Walter Mullican
Time: 9:00-4:00

Cost: Special price for Marriage Network referrals - $140. Receive a 20% discount (say you want the MNO discount) from the regular price of $175 (spouse attends free).

Upcoming Workshop Dates:

Thursday, March 25, 2010 – Capital Baptist Assoc. Office, 2233 W I-44 Service Rd., Okla. City, OK 73112

Thursday, April 8, 2010 – South Tulsa Baptist Church, 10310 South Sheridan Road, Tulsa, OK 74133
Register by: March 31

Saturday, May 8, 2010 – Portland Ave Baptist Church, 1301 N Portland Avenue, OK 73107
Register by: April 28

Thursday, May 20, 2010 – First Baptist Church, 202 East Hanks Trail, Woodward, OK 73801 [map]
Register by: May 12

This PREPARE-ENRICH training workshop is nondenominational and available for all interested persons of any religious faith, or no faith. The workshop is simply being held at the churches above to reduce workshop cost for participants.

To Register: Contact Dr. Walter Mullican (405) 640-7731, wmullican@portlandavenue.org

The Oklahoman Prints Op-Ed on HB 3077

Yesterday, The Oklahoman printed an important Op-Ed jointly authored by OFPC Executive Director Mike Jestes, Family Research Council Senior Fellow Dr. David Prentice, and Jennifer Lahl, R.N., with the Center for Bioethics & Culture.

The March 17th Op-Ed deals with HB 3077, a bill by Rep. Rebecca Hamiltion (D-Oklahoma City), which would, if approved in the Senate and signed by Gov. Brad Henry, prevent the paying of compensation to women for what is, in effect, the sale of their eggs.

The intent of the bill is NOT to prevent medical procedures like in-vitro fertilization by married couples, but rather to prevent the development of an unethical market in Oklahoma for the human eggs of young women.

HB 3077 passed the state House by a large margin and now is in the state Senate, where lobbyists for the state medical association are reportedly trying to kill the bill.

If HB 3077 becomes law, women will continue to be able to donate their eggs to fertility clinics in Oklahoma; it will just become illegal to sell their eggs to fertility clinics for paid compensation.

Click here to view the Op-Ed.

The Choice: ‘Deem and Pass’ OR ‘Pass and Stow’?

The time is upon us.

For the American people and for our posterity, which will it be in the House of Representatives?

Will it be the House of ‘Deem and Pass’ or the House of ‘Pass and Stow’?

Lawsuit Ready to Challenge Constitutionality of Health Care Passage Process

Today, it's unclear whether the U.S. House of Representatives will pass the health care takeover bill. Democratic leaders don't yet have the votes, apparently, to takeover one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and his allies remain committed to vote against the bill due to its inclusion of public financing of abortion.

Of course, reports are circulating that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will rely on the so-called Slaughter Rule to "deem the bill to have passed in the House" without actually voting on the Senate version of the bill. This moves the bill forward and allows House members from actually having to go on record for this unpopular bill.

If that happens in violation of the U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 7, then constitutional challenges will surely be offered in court. In fact, Landmark Legal Foundation President Mark Levine (also a well-known talk radio host) has already drafted a legal Complaint, which can be viewed by clicking here.

The House vote (or maneuver) can be expected by Saturday. All members of the Oklahoma delegation are committed to vote against the bill.

If this socialistic health care plan passes, a recent survey found that up to 46 percent of doctors nationwide may leave the practice of medicine, thus setting the stage for future doctor shortages and medical rationing, just as the opponents have predicted.

Human Trafficking Bill Clears Senate, Heads to House

SB 2258, a bill by Sen. R. Clark Jolley (R-Edmond), which is designed to make human trafficking more difficult to accomplish in Oklahoma, has passed the state Senate and is now headed to the state House.

For information, read this CapitolBeatOK story by clicking here.

The O'Reilly Factor to Highlight Tulsa Tea Party

As you may know, popular broadcaster Glenn Beck and bestselling author and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were both in Tulsa this past Saturday afternoon to speak to a sold-out Tulsa Convention Center crowd about "Tak'in Back Our Country."

Tonight, on the Fox News Channel, The O'Reilly Factor program will have a special report about their appearance and also air a spotlight on the Tulsa Tea Party, which was central in organizing the successful Tulsa event.

If you're interested to see this national focus on our state, you can catch The O'Reilly Factor broacast tonight on cable at either 7 p.m. or 10 p.m.