Same-sex couples see marriage ruling as a 'good victory'
For today’s Vine, we decided to feature the story about a federal judge’s decision to strike down Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage, calling it unconstitutional.
Washington Bureau reporter Chris Casteel reports Senior U.S. District Judge Terrence C. Kern, ruling more than nine years after Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a statewide question to prohibit same-sex marriage, said the ban discriminated against same-sex couples for no rational reason.
After dissecting the arguments supporters voiced to justify the ban, Kern said that “moral disapproval of homosexuals as a class, or same-sex marriage as a practice, is not a permissible justification.”

Tiffany Gibson has worked for The Oklahoman since August 2011 and is a member of the enterprise team and digital desk. In addition to writing and web editing, she creates interactive features for NewsOK.com and assists with data visualization and... Read more ›