A lawsuit has been filed against Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters by a mob of parents, teachers, and various members of different faith organizations due to an initiative to promote having Bibles and Christian related curriculum in public school classrooms across the state. Walters has been a bold proclaimer of the faith of Jesus Christ and various causes connected with the Christian faith in the realm of education in his state, which includes measures such as incorporating the Bible into the teaching curriculum of public schools.
He also planned to allocate $3 million to purchase Bibles that would then find homes in schools. So it’s perfectly acceptable to push a goddless, paganistic, anti-Christian worldview in the books and curriculum in the classroom, but it’s a violation of someone’s “rights” to place a Bible in schools? It’s okay to teach boys they can be girls and to mutilate their genitals and to have sexual relationships without fear of consequences — after all, you can just get an abortion, right? — but not to teach a Christian perspective?
Folks, the radical left hates you if you follow Christ. Never forget that.
via The Christian Tribune:
However, the superintendent has predictably faced backlash from opponents of his pro-Christian efforts. The lawsuit filed against him claims that Walters’ actions interfere “with the parents’ ability to direct the religious and moral upbringing of their children” and “violates the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act.” The complaint continues, “OAPA requires detailed procedures to be followed to issue a rule, including provision of notice and a comment period. Superintendent Walters made no effort to follow these procedures.” The legal action against Walters further claims that his initiative subverts the authority of school districts to determine what instruction is appropriate for its students.
Andrew Seidel, vice president of strategic communications with Americans United, said in a statement to The Christian Post, “The vast majority of Oklahomans, from all walks of life and all religions, are united in supporting inclusive public schools free of indoctrination. Teachers, parents, students, taxpayers, indigenous people who are all too familiar with the history of government schools preaching the Bible, LGBTQ+ families and students, students with disabilities, Christians, atheists, and so many more want to preserve their freedom by keeping church and state separate.” However, the Oklahoma State Department of Education has indicated that it won’t back down from the initiative to promote the Bible in public schools. “Oklahomans will not be bullied by out-of-state, radical leftists who hate the principles our nation was founded upon,” according to a statement from Walters. “The simple fact is that understanding how the Bible has impacted our nation, in its proper historical and literary context, was the norm in America until the 1960s and its removal has coincided with a precipitous decline in American schools,”
Going on to state the importance of the Bible and the truth it contains being brought into public education, he stated, “It is not possible for our students to understand American history and culture without understanding the Biblical principles from which they came, so I am proud to bring back the Bible to every classroom in Oklahoma. I will never back down to the woke mob, no matter what tactic they use to try to intimidate Oklahomans.”
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“It is essential that our kids have an understanding of the Bible and its historical context. So we will be issuing a memo today that every school district will adhere to, which is that every teacher every classroom in the state will have a Bible in the classroom, and will be teaching from the Bible in the classroom to ensure that this historical understanding is there for every student in the state of Oklahoma, in accordance with our academic standards and state law,” Walters concluded.