Oklahoma regents vice chair to resign after anti-gay comment
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December 22, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The vice chair of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents announced Thursday he would resign after an uproar over a comment on public affairs television that appeared to liken gay people to pedophiles.
Following a two-hour closed-door meeting of the board, Vice Chair Kirk Humphreys said he does not want to be a distraction and announced plans to step down before the start of the spring semester in 2018. Humphries said the board asked him to step down during the private meeting.
"I told (board Chairman) Clay Bennett on Saturday that if this was the will of the regents,...
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