# Oklahoma proposes anti-food bank bill \[Now in the BBQ Pit\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 6, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450 "2026-02-06T19:49:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/81 "2026-02-09T23:25:55Z")
Paul is a tool, but also, to my understanding, he was addressing issues people had sent him from specific churches. He was troubleshooting, not really issuing a blanket policy. So, for example, he got a letter from one church saying they had a gaggle of women who were gossiping loudly in church. And his response was, “those women should shut up in church.” And everyone ran with that, because patriarchy. Maybe that’s giving him too much benefit of a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/82 "2026-02-09T23:50:20Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Paul is a tool, but also, to my understanding, he was addressing issues people had sent him from specific churches. He was troubleshooting, not really issuing a blanket policy. “Dear Abby” of biblical times. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/83 "2026-02-10T00:41:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > > Good to know that hungry people being legally barred from getting food is not a real issue. > > Sure it is. But this is just a bad bill, never to see the light of day. What are you going to do about it? Are you an Oklahoma voter? > > > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > > I think you owe a heartfelt “Thank you!” to everyone that went through the trouble of fighting these bills on the behalf of others. > > Sure, and I do fight such bills- in Congress or rarely CA. But honestly, if you arent an Oklahoma Voter, you have no voice here. If you are, do please contact your state rep. Are you from Oklahoma? > > > [@penultima\_thule](#): > > > > That a news item identified a local/state issue out of the muckleshoot of federal news is commendable. > > A local news channel. > > > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > > > I agree there are a lot of outrageous bills introduced with little chance of passage, or that get radically amended before passage > > Exactly. > > Since few of us are in Oklahoma, afaik, we have no real voice there. A bunch of "liberal furrinors’ writing will help the bill get voted on. > > It isnt even scheduled to go to a Committee, where, if so, it will likely die. If it actually gets to the Governors desk, then _maybe_ non-Oklahoma voices might be listened to- but I doubt it. > > Yes, this is a bad bill. But should we get excited over a bill that is unlikely even to get a vote, and that we- as non-Oklahoma voters- can do nothing about? Hey pal, the “I pit over-the-top hysteria” thread is down the hall. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/84 "2026-02-10T01:19:54Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Paul is a tool, but also, to my understanding, he was addressing issues people had sent him from specific churches. He was troubleshooting, not really issuing a blanket policy. > > So, for example, he got a letter from one church saying they had a gaggle of women who were gossiping loudly in church. He have anything to say about tattletales? 🤪 Seriously, though, how hard would it have been to say that _everyone_ should shut up and pay attention in church? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/85 "2026-02-10T12:44:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > having part of your dick sliced off - that’s a hard sell Going off topic… I’m technically old school Roman Catholic, and while we (not only you, maybe not even you) have had a conversation on this topic ages ago, I’d kind of prefer my dad’s religion not interfere with my genitals shortly after birth. Nevertheless, I am circumcised. I hear the practise is uncommon in the USA, I guess it depends on the dominant variety of Catholicism in your area, we got majority expat Irish Catholic Priests and Nuns… in Zimbabwe. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/86 "2026-02-10T12:57:38Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I hear the practise is uncommon in the USA, I guess it depends on the dominant variety of Catholicism in your area, It _was_ quite common when most male Dopers were infants. In some cases due to religious teachings, and in other cases mostly to “look like the other boys”. It apparently has become less so here recently. And once the majority switches to not doing it, the pressure to “look like other boys” switches to the uncut version. Once new parents become aware of that. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/87 "2026-02-10T13:10:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And then he mentions Romans 13. That one says, “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.” First of all, that paragraph also refers to rulers, so I don’t think the writers ever imagined something called “democracy.” And then the very next paragraph includes the “Love your neighbor as yourself” bit. Also, in between those two are two verses about paying your taxes. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Other than that bill’s author being led away in a straight jacket by the men in the nice White coats- no, nothing to be concerned about. The GOP is populated entirely by such lunatics these days. Who is going to lead them away? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/88 "2026-02-10T13:13:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It apparently has become less so here recently. I (ahem) stand corrected. I have a friend with a PhD who studies various things using stem cells originating from foreskins collected at the local research/university hospital, as circumcision is a local cultural phenomena amongst the Xhosa people. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/89 "2026-02-10T15:39:27Z")
And I stand clothed. I thought this thread was about an anti-foodbank bill? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/90 "2026-02-10T15:50:53Z")
I mean, technically spermatozoa are food. But you are right, I will not hijack further. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/91 "2026-02-10T15:55:57Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It _was_ quite common when most male Dopers were infants. In some cases due to religious teachings, and in other cases mostly to “look like the other boys”. Circumcision of male babies used to be a common medical practice in the US, which is why most men in a certain age bracket are circumcized. But the reason was not “to look like the other boys”. Rather they thought it would prevent future problems. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/92 "2026-02-10T19:00:32Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I mean, technically spermatozoa are food. Technically? > [@Pan-fried Semen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pan-fried-semen/189460): > > Hey folks… Remember the Cecil column about the comparison between semen and egg white? Well, it started me to a-thinkin’… What would happen if you fried semen in a pan? Would it solidify like egg white? Would sit sizzle and pop, and evaporate, leaving sticky resin? I would try the experiment myself, but my wife would at the very least kick my ass, and at worst… well, lets not go there. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/93 "2026-02-10T23:32:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The other day, the pope criticized the administration’s immigration policies by referencing the Bible, specifically Matthew 25:35. Now, I am the furthest thing from a Christian but I can Google and it says, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.” Ralph Drollinger, the guy that runs the super toxic Congressional Bible studies, has even a dumber take on this….he claims that the word that was translated as “stranger” means “legal immigrant”, so the verse doesn’t apply to illegal immigrants. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/94 "2026-02-10T23:40:06Z")
That is really bending over backwards to interpret things to suit himself. I’m pretty sure the concept of a “legal immigrant” is a fairly recent one. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/95 "2026-02-10T23:41:56Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m pretty sure the concept of a “legal immigrant” is a fairly recent one. Maybe he’s one of those conservatives that thinks that the world was created in 1776. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/96 "2026-02-11T01:34:36Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Ralph Drollinger, the guy that runs the super toxic Congressional Bible studies, has even a dumber take on this….he claims that the word that was translated as “stranger” means “legal immigrant”, so the verse doesn’t apply to illegal immigrants. I’d consider it more a CargoChristCult version of a SovCit. By revealed (to him alone) truth, only specific pieces of the Bible and Constitution apply, and only in the way they want it too. And of course, they’re _always_ supposed to be interpreted _together_, by (white “christian”) Americans and For (white “christian”) Americans only. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/97 "2026-02-11T03:17:09Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > he claims that the word that was translated as “stranger” means “legal immigrant”, so the verse doesn’t apply to illegal immigrants That’s a beyond Rasputin level shitty take on the Bible. That makes “heaven rejoices whenever a sinner repents, so let’s sin as much as possible” seem like quite a reasonable take. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/98 "2026-02-11T03:39:39Z")
I thought it was Judaism and Islam that did their own versions of routine male circumcision, not Catholics. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/99 "2026-02-11T12:28:41Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Technically? I’m not entirely sure anyone wants to recall that specific thread, as legendary as it might be. It is more like a recurring nightmare you wish would end. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450/100 "2026-02-11T12:41:57Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I thought it was Judaism and Islam that did their own versions of routine male circumcision, not Catholics. My father, my cousins, my brother and myself all got the snip, just hours after birth. My paternal grandmother and father were both hard core Lantin-mass style Catholics. Not even a polite delay like the Jews do, it was done immediately on birth (or maybe a day later) The (I guess) specific act may be, to use a pun, catholic. I chose to teach my own son (I am atheist) how to wash his foreskin. Although it happened years ago and I have never been particularly acquainted with my foreskin, I still have scar tissue. I don’t miss it because I was too young, but if my mother ever criticizes my tattoos I think I have a fairly good argument about body modification. @mods… This is my typical outrageously off topic response. I’ll not post again and report it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-proposes-anti-food-bank-bill-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1027450.md?page=6)