{"id":920188,"date":"2021-10-25T10:44:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=920188"},"modified":"2021-10-25T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:44:26","slug":"oklahoma-gop-governor-blasts-nonbinary-birth-certificates-people-are-created-by-god-to-be-male-or-female-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-gop-governor-blasts-nonbinary-birth-certificates-people-are-created-by-god-to-be-male-or-female-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma GOP Governor Blasts Nonbinary Birth Certificates: \u2018People Are Created By God To Be Male Or Female. Period.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foklahoma-gop-governor-blasts-nonbinary-birth-certificates-people-are-created-by-god-to-be-male-or-female-period%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=920188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After the Oklahoma state health department decided to establish a nonbinary birth certificate option for newborns. Oklahoma GOP governor Kevin Stitt blasted the decision on Thursday, stating, \u201cI believe that people are created by God to be male or female. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stitt added, \u201cThere is no such thing as non-binary sex and I wholeheartedly condemn the purported OSDH court settlement that was entered into by rogue activists who acted without receiving proper approval or oversight,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjrh.com\/news\/local-news\/gov-stitt-condemns-oklahoma-nonbinary-birth-certificate-settlement\">KJRH<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma GOP State Sen. Micheal Bergstrom had filed a bill on Wednesday that would limit Oklahoma birth certificate gender options to male and female. He asserted that listing anything other that male or female on a birth certificate was \u201cludicrous,\u201d stating:<\/p>\n<p><em>I was assured by the State Department of Health a couple months ago that they had no intention of adding another sex option to birth certificates, but they recently approved a non-binary option. We\u2019re at an odd time in history where people are seemingly forgetting science and biology and casting common sense out the window. When babies are born, they are either born male or female based on their chromosomes and genitals. Allowing anything else to be listed on a birth certificate is ludicrous, and it\u2019s time we clarify this in our statutes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, Oklahoma State Commissioner of Health Dr. Lance Frye issued a statement saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>A legal settlement regarding birth certificate designations was reached in May by the prior attorney general\u2019s office. The Oklahoma State Department of Health will work with the Governor and Attorney General\u2019s office for input and counsel on next steps. Our responsibility is to maintain vital statistics, and we will continue to do so in accordance with the laws of Oklahoma. Should a challenge to the previous agreement be made, we will proceed accordingly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The issue was raised after Oregon resident Kit Lorelied, who was born and raised in Oklahoma and now identifies as nonbinary, sued the Oklahoma State Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Shawnee, chief of staff for Frye, <a href=\"https:\/\/nondoc.com\/2021\/10\/20\/oklahoma-establishes-nonbinary-birth-certificate-process\/?fbclid=IwAR2a7vfz2WUja7VcNLFA2OIDROV7ssoVA3oVPe5IUvRJyP2W82AWSHlAyXY\">stated<\/a>, \u201cRequirements for legally changing the sex designation on an Oklahoma birth certificate have changed. In order to legally change the sex designation on an original Oklahoma birth certificate, you must obtain a court order from an Oklahoma court. A certified copy of this court order must be presented to (the) Oklahoma (Office of) Vital Records before an amended birth certificate can be issued,\u201d as nondoc.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>Frye resigned from his position as Oklahoma\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Oklahoma state health department decided to establish a nonbinary birth certificate option for newborns. Oklahoma GOP governor Kevin Stitt blasted the decision on Thursday, stating, \u201cI believe that people are created by God to be male or female. Period.\u201dStitt added, \u201cThere is no such thing as non-binary sex and I wholeheartedly condemn the purported OSDH court settlement that was entered into by rogue activists who acted without receiving proper approval or oversight,\u201d KJRH reported.Oklahoma GOP State Sen. Micheal Bergstrom had filed a bill on Wednesday that would limit Oklahoma birth certificate gender options to male and female. He asserted that listing anything other that male or female on a birth certificate was \u201cludicrous,\u201d stating:I was assured by the State Department of Health a couple months ago that they had no intention of adding another sex option to birth certificates, but they recently approved a non-binary option. We\u2019re at an odd time in history where people are seemingly forgetting science and biology and casting common sense out the window. When babies are born, they are either born male or female based on their chromosomes and genitals. Allowing anything else to be listed on a birth certificate is ludicrous, and it\u2019s time we clarify this in our statutes.On Thursday afternoon, Oklahoma State Commissioner of Health Dr. Lance Frye issued a statement saying:A legal settlement regarding birth certificate designations was reached in May by the prior attorney general\u2019s office. The Oklahoma State Department of Health will work with the Governor and Attorney General\u2019s office for input and counsel on next steps. Our responsibility is to maintain vital statistics, and we will continue to do so in accordance with the laws of Oklahoma. Should a challenge to the previous agreement be made, we will proceed accordingly.The issue was raised after Oregon resident Kit Lorelied, who was born and raised in Oklahoma and now identifies as nonbinary, sued the Oklahoma State Department of Health.Jackie Shawnee, chief of staff for Frye, stated, \u201cRequirements for legally changing the sex designation on an Oklahoma birth certificate have changed. In order to legally change the sex designation on an original Oklahoma birth certificate, you must obtain a court order from an Oklahoma court. A certified copy of this court order must be presented to (the) Oklahoma (Office of) Vital Records before an amended birth certificate can be issued,\u201d as nondoc.com reported.Frye resigned from his position as Oklahoma\u2019s Commissioner of Health, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, on Friday. Rachel Klein, Director of Communications for OSDH, told KFOR that Frye had not resigned over birth certificate gender option issue. She said, \u201cHis decision did not have anything to do with that. He was not influenced by that decision. \u2026 He decided to leave because he felt it was time to move on.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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