# Oklahoma? More like Oklahomo, bitches! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827 "2014-01-14T23:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/1 "2014-01-14T23:20:53Z")
\*A federal judge has struck down Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban, ruling that it violates the U.S. Constitution. \*([USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/14/oklahoma-gay-marriage-ban/4480277/)) Having this happen in [arguably the reddest state in the nation](http://www.economist.com/node/17675922) makes me almost as happy as when it happened in Utah, a state that maybe isn’t quite as red, but contains a lot of Mormons, whose financial contributions to pass Prop 8 were repugnant. Yeah, I know that this ruling is stayed pending appeal (apparently the Oklahoma AG office is not as incompetent as their Utah counterparts), but just having their law ruled unconstitutional and knowing that some of the [worst people in the Senate](http://rackjite.com/oklahoma-senators-tom-colburn-and-daniel-inhofe-are-assholes-danziger-cartoon/) are twitching in the wind (which is odd; you’d figure [they’d be used to having their divisive laws declared unconstitutional by now](http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/justice/supreme-court-oklahoma-abortion/)) makes me happy. I hope these states feel as badly as Virginia did when they lost the Loving case. But I hope that all these backwards-ass enclaves all leave their unconstitutional amendments on the books for, say, [32 years after the rest of the country got the memo](http://www.cnn.com/US/9903/12/interracial.marriage/) before they finally get them off the books. That way they can keep on looking like assholes for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/2 "2014-01-14T23:32:42Z")
Excellent thread title! 😛 And it sure is nice to be able to think that we’re seeing some progress in getting America to actually conform to the ideals we are told are important to us a a nation. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/3 "2014-01-14T23:44:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Excellent thread title! 😛 And when we say Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay . . . ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/4 "2014-01-15T00:02:26Z")
_OOOOOOOOOOklahoma, where the… what???_ ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/5 "2014-01-15T00:04:12Z")
Can they get rid of all their other [dumb laws](http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/oklahoma) now too? Actually, the one against spitting on the sidewalk can stay ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/6 "2014-01-15T00:15:35Z")
The 3.2 vs 6.0 beer is dumb, too. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/7 "2014-01-15T00:46:12Z")
I’m a bad person, I know, but I’m envisioning a row of gaudy Vegas style gay wedding chapels on the street across from the Westboro Baptist church. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/8 "2014-01-15T01:00:59Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > The 3.2 vs 6.0 beer is dumb, too. Far be it for me to defend putting less alcohol into people, but 3.2 point beer is really 4.0% ABV, the number that most people use. Granted, still weaker than a Coors Light. (An aside: what about 6.0, is that some significant number?) > [@outlierrn](#): > > I’m a bad person, I know, but I’m envisioning a row of gaudy Vegas style gay wedding chapels on the street across from the Westboro Baptist church. We’re not in Oklahoma anymore, Toto. He’s in Kansas. No, I don’t know the difference either. And I’m sure he’d find a way to call the most homophobic Oklahoman a “fag.” Would this lead to a) legal marriage (doubt it) b) a window of legality, like Utah, or c) basically the status quo but a slim possibility of vote passing. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/9 "2014-01-15T01:56:57Z")
[Okie Brew Review](http://okiebrewreview.wordpress.com/oklahoma-beer-laws/) Sorry for the hijack, just clarifying the silly beer issue. For all THAT’S worth! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/10 "2014-01-15T02:07:39Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I’m a bad person, I know, but I’m envisioning a row of gaudy Vegas style gay wedding chapels on the street across from the Westboro Baptist church. You have to rezone.😃 The WBC compound is not on a business street but in a home-zone area. I pass by there several times a week, while driving my dog to the leash free dog park. But the Equality House is right across the street to the east of the WBC compound. > **[Google](https://www.google.com/#q=equality+house)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. I’ll bet they’d let folks have weddings on the lawn out front. They already did one, but it may have not been a legal union, as Kansas still doesn’t have same-sex marriage. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/11 "2014-01-15T04:12:15Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I pass by there several times a week, while driving my dog to the leash free dog park. Aren’t there ever any times when the dog, um, just can’t make it quite that far and you have to let him out? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/12 "2014-01-15T04:21:43Z")
One of my favorite thread titles ever! And good news too. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/13 "2014-01-15T04:32:01Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Can they get rid of all their other [dumb laws](http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/oklahoma) now too? > > Actually, the one against spitting on the sidewalk can stay You think laws against Horse tripping are bad? ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/14 "2014-01-15T04:36:21Z")
I think there was a window of opportunity because my assistant got married in Oklahoma about 10 days ago. I didn’t think to ask him if it was a legal wedding. I’m certainly going to treat them as though they are legally married and will demand that HR does the same. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/15 "2014-01-15T05:28:19Z")
At long last, the farmer and the cowman can be more than just friends… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/16 "2014-01-15T11:43:48Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > You think laws against Horse tripping are bad? If I get good service, I should be allowed to tip the horse. I think 20% is standard these days. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/17 "2014-01-15T12:13:07Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > At long last, the farmer and the cowman can be more than just friends… Of all the _Oklahoma!_, the musical, jokes in this Thread, **Flywheel’s** is the best. typo ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/18 "2014-01-15T12:16:02Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > If I get good service, I should be allowed to tip the horse. I think 20% is standard these days. Forgive me if I think that animal cruelty is no laughing matter.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/19 "2014-01-15T13:26:32Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Forgive me if I think that animal cruelty is no laughing matter.:rolleyes: Considering it’s [rare to non-existent](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/821/is-there-really-such-a-thing-as-cow-tipping), it’s probably not a thing you even have to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827/20 "2014-01-15T13:51:02Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Forgive me if I think that animal cruelty is no laughing matter.:rolleyes: So he should stiff the horse? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827.md?page=2)