"It is not enough to say that LBGTQ Oklahomans are welcome at the Capitol," the statement read. "Of course they are welcome at the Capitol. It is their building as much as it as any other Oklahomans. To welcome them to the Capitol is little consolation to LGBTQ Oklahoman who, if SB 197 had become law, would have been unwelcome in many other places in Oklahoma. If Speaker McCall wants a truly welcoming state, then he needs to commit that hateful and discriminatory legislation will have no safe harbor in the House of Representatives as long as he is Speaker of the House.”