In the Oklahoma Legislature: 

MassResistance’s Obergefell resolution has the votes to pass, but RINO Senate leader is blocking it.

Senator blocking it was primaried last year by her local GOP. 

MassResistance activists in her district are lobbying hard to let resolution proceed.

Originally published by MassResistance.org on May 24, 2025

Reprinted with permission

More than half of the Oklahoma Senate are co-sponsors of the resolution! But one terrible RINO in leadership is blocking it.

The MassResistance push to ultimately reverse same-sex “marriage” is successfully moving across the country. Shockingly, our resolutions in state legislatures get blocked not by leftists, but by RINO Republicans. (That happened in Montana, where the Republican legislator who buried the effort admitted she has a “married” lesbian daughter.) Oklahoma is the latest battleground.

Background

As we’ve described, the 2015 US Supreme Court 5-4 Obergefell ruling that imposed “gay marriage” across America was deeply flawed constitutionally, and two of the Justices who ruled in favor should legally have recused themselves. Justices Thomas and Alito have stated that the Obergefell ruling should be reviewed (as happened with Roe v. Wade). 

MassResistance has drafted a bold resolution for state legislatures across the country to pass, urging the Supreme Court to revisit the case. It has passed the House of Representatives in two states and several other legislatures are in the process of acting on it. 

Introduced and poised to pass in the OK Senate – but blocked by a RINO

Oklahoma is a true “red state.” Last month, in commemoration of Easter, the state House of Representatives passed a resolution proclaiming that “Christ is King.” So, the normal definition of marriage is hardly controversial there.

On May 1, 2025, State Senator Dusty Deevers (who is also a Southern Baptist pastor) introduced the MassResistance resolution as Senate Resolution 8.

The main sponsor, Sen. Dusty Deevers, is the real thing! We wish there were legislators like him everywhere!

The 48-member Oklahoma Senate needs 25 votes to pass legislation. Sen. Deevers’ resolution has generated great enthusiasm, and has 25 senators as co-sponsors, so it would certainly pass. It should be on the road to victory.

But it is being blocked by the Republican Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Julie Daniels (R-Bartlesville). The legislative session concludes at the end of this month, so the fight is quickly heating up. 

Sen. Daniels’ constituents angry she is blocking the resolution

This is not playing well back home. This resolution is very popular in Sen. Daniels’ district. Last month, her own county Republican Committee overwhelmingly voted to endorse it. 

Sen. Daniels lives in Bartlesville, which has a very active MassResistance chapter. They have flooded her office with calls, but (as of this writing) she refuses to say why she is blocking the resolution. And that makes her constituents even angrier!

Bartlesville MassResistance activists protest outside of a Drag Queen event for children in the town. (Yes, it’s even come to Oklahoma!)

Her conservative constituents want this resolution fairly voted on in their legislature, and are outraged that she’s the one standing in the way! 

This isn’t the first time Sen. Daniels has run into trouble back home. Her RINO stances have apparently been bothering folks for some time. In June 2024, she had to beat back three challengers in the primary. (Unfortunately, the conservative vote got split because two additional challengers had jumped in.) Fortunately, she is term-limited out and can’t run again. 

Media going nuts

Even in Oklahoma, the media leans far left. Not surprisingly, across the country they’re all reporting this commonsense resolution as a threat to democracy and human rights.

National media

Newsweek: Republicans Launch Bid to Overturn Obergefell

Newsmax: Oklahoma State Senate Pushes to Overturn Gay Marriage

NewsNationNow: Oklahoma lawmaker asks Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage ruling

Oklahoma media

KFOR News: OK Resolution asks SCOTUS to overturn gay marriage ruling

The national LGBT press is especially steamed:

LGBTQ Nation: Oklahoma GOP legislators ask Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage

But there is some fun conservative reporting on this:

The Dissenter: Oklahoma Senator and Baptist Pastor Introduces Resolution to Overturn Obergefell “Senate Resolution 8 is essentially a manifesto of resistance, a line drawn in the cultural sand. It’s Oklahoma’s way of saying, ’Enough.’”

Final thoughts

This resolution has attracted a lot more energy and enthusiasm across the country than we anticipated, especially among state legislators. In a growing list of states, they’re ready to file it next session. It’s exciting. People have had enough! The LGBT propaganda about this being “settled law” is simply untrue.

But we also hadn’t anticipated that the RINOs in “red” states would be among the biggest impediments. This is a big problem over many important issues. Conservative voters need to be informed about their candidates!

The “gay marriage” fantasy will eventually be revealed as a fraud. This fight is not stopping!

Action Items:

Drop a note to hello@okgrassroots.com to let us know you would like to get involved in Oklahoma. Please include your name, phone number, email, and city/county.

To get involved on a national level – visit MassResistance.org

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