Oklahoma SQ 755 would forbid Okla. judges from using Sharia law — Islamic law

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As I stated before, there's been nothing entered into evidence that international marriages would be nullified in Oklahoma by this law. They may still be recognized as valid if the marriage contract was entered into in the same manner as one here in the US would be.

Yes, they would likely still be recognized as valid as long as everything conformed to US law.

The same goes for other types of contracts. If an Australian company wants a contract entered into in accordance with Austrailian law, but wants the venue to be Oklahoma, that's cherry picking, right? If you get a ruling here in Oklahoma and the Austrailian court uses it as a factor in their decision so you can collect damages from the Aussie company, that's good right? If the Austrailian company gets a ruling there against you and the Oklahoma court doesn't recognize it in their proceedings, that's also good for you right?

I want to see the downside here, but I haven't as of yet. I'm open to more persuasion though!

I don't think you quite read that right.

To get the ruling here, Oklahoma would first have to be able to recognize the applicability of Australian law to the contract.

Additionally, the legal inability for a foreign company to collect on a judgement against an Oklahoma company would greatly discourage the foreign company from doing business with the Oklahoma company. As a result, business (and likely jobs) will be negatively impacted in Oklahoma by SQ755.

Of course, you could be an isolationist and say that they shouldn't be doing business internationally anyway, right?