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Bill threatens Oklahoma City mobile home park for sex offenders

By "eAdvocate"

There is no doubt that this bill violates the constitutional "Right of Association" a First Amendment Right. U.S. and Oklahoma Constitutions. Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. 3-29-2011 Oklahoma: Despite the protest of the founder of an Oklahoma City mobile home park that provides housing for more than 250 men who are registered sex offenders, a House panel approved a measure Monday that he said would put his Christian prison ministry out of business and put about 100 convicted sex offenders out on the streets. About 40 residents of Hand Up Ministries watched as the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee passed Senate Bill 852 by a vote of 8-4. It now goes to the full House. Rep. Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon, said the Oklahoma City Police Department requested the bill to clarify an existing state law that was intended to keep convicted sexual offenders from living together...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on March 29, 2011 (boomark / email).