OKLAHOMA CITY (OP) – In a politely-worded
letter to The Daily Oklahoman, the House Republican
Leader has asked the relatives of publishing magnate E.K.
Gaylord to consider changing the family name.
Rep. Lance Cargill, R-Harrah,
asked the family to consider
a surname “more in line with traditional
Oklahoma values.”
“Let’s face it,” wrote Cargill,
“Oklahoma’s high standard of living and low rates of drug use, teenage pregnancy and incarceration are derived entirely from its strong opposition to homosexuality. It doesn’t look good when we’ve got the words ‘Gay Lord’ associated our largest newspaper.”
Cargill also asked to change the name of Gaylord
Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, saying the
moniker may have played a part in the cornholing the
Sooners received in the 2005 National Championship.
In his letter, Cargill provided a number of alternatives
to the controversial name, including “Christian,”
“Godlove” and “Tort Reformer.”
