Patricia Harmon and Ria Harmon are married last year by Tulsa County District Judge Anthony Miller. A bill approved by the Legislature and sent to the governor's office Wednesday would allow secular officials such as judges to refuse to perform marriages on religious grounds. Tulsa World file

The Oklahoma House and Senate both overwhelmingly passed and sent to the governor largely symbolic bills targeting same-sex marriage.

Senate Bill 788, by Sen. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa, and House Bill 1007, by Rep. David Brumbaugh, R-Broken Arrow, say people authorized to perform marriages may refuse to do so on religious grounds.

Legal experts say such a right already exists, although in a few cases businesses have been charged with violating public accommodation laws and ordinances for refusing to serve same-sex couples.

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