This week, we tackle issues that affect many Oklahomans, like the high divorce rate, and the controversial Personhood Bill.

America’s National divorce rate amounts to 3.4 divorces per every 1,000 people. The statistic for Oklahoma is 5.2 per 1,000. In our next segment, I examine what might account for this disparity.

Click here for an interactive map of divorce and marriage rates by state.

Divorce- Meredith Everitt

Last Monday, the Oklahoma House approved a bill to make Oklahoma’s official motto, “Oklahoma- In God we trust!”

Assignment: Radio ECU reporter Charlynn Estes speaks with members of a student organization at East Central University who might feel particularly alienated by such a motto.

Atheists- Charlynn Estes

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