Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4806459-oklahoma-schools-bible-mandate-ten-commandments-church-and-state/

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  2. *”…Rogue, left-wing activists who refuse can leave Oklahoma and go to California.”*

    That’s going to play really well in a federal court. /s

  3. Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t most of Oklahoma technically owned by the local indigenous peoples these days? Maybe they should push for equal representation in religious education in public schools too. Every student must learn to honour the earth, its creatures and all their relations?

    Ya know along with the love thy neighbor, do unto others and turn the other cheek stuff? Do ‘Christians’ of a certain flavour teach that stuff anymore?

  4. I really think conservative politicians are striving to create an educational system that lacks the development of critical thinking skills for a population they can manipulate and control.

  6. My autistic son is due to start first grade in a few days. He has no idea about god or the Bible. Thanks to this dickhead I guess we will be having that talk.

  7. Luke 5:20

    20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

    Wait…so Jesus didn’t have to die for our sins to be forgiven?

    Uh oh. This isn’t going to go over well…

  8. This really is an important point. They are so insecure in their cult beliefs, they have to try to legislate it’s instruction. My neighbors are very religious Catholics and raised their children deeply in the church. The daughter became interested in environmental studies and went to college to pursue that as a career. Enter science, logic, global warming (gasp), and meeting others who are concerned about the environment. She is now an atheist and married an atheist and frequently pulls me aside to mention how crazy she thinks christianity is.

  9. Go ahead! But teach it in a history class focusing on all the obscene atrocities committed in its name.

  10. Christianity is the religion of spiritual pedophilia.

  11. State Superintendent Ryan said educators who are against the initiative “will comply, and I will use every means to make sure of it.”

    Sounds a little authoritarian to me.

    Maybe Superintendent Ryan can move to Hungry or Russia if he can’t handle Oklahoma .

    Vote Blue.

  13. When MAGA is finally defeated, I want them kicked in the teeth while they lie on the ground writhing. “No quarter” as republicans like to say.

  16. Don’t just revolt, SUE! It’s blatantly unconstitutional.

  17. I can’t say this enough. Separation of church and state must be upheld at all costs. It’s getting absolutely ridiculous out here.

  19. Just wait until something not in line with THEIR version of Christianity gets taught.

  20. This Superintendent has also accused educators of pedophilia. He has called the teacher’s unions terrorists. He has called for the abolition of the department of education and the IRS. Oklahoma is currently 49th in education and has been in the bottom ten states for education for the last 15 years under Republican leadership, but Walters blames the “Wike Left” for Oklahoma’s poor education. He uses tax payer money to speak about education at conservative run events and he is going to cost Oklahoma lots of additional money in law fees.

  21. Just so confused. I hear the education systems is dog poop down there. And this is what they are focusing on? Have you seen the kindergarten kids from china? I’m obsessed with their videos on tik tok. Those kids could probably move into a 1bdr apt and start paying bills at 5 years old. They are Running laps around our education system we will never ever catch up.
    The people running this country/states is doing a disservice to our children, and that’s why the majority of them can barely pull a sentence together in 6th grade.

  22. As everyone should be, even christians. Imagine if it was some other religious text like the Quran (only because it the only other one I know of, nothing negative about it).

  23. Just wait until the teacher is a southern baptist while the kids parents are like catholic or methodist or something. Then they will start screaming about about how teachers have to start teaching the correct interpretation of the Bible.

  24. Why do Christians want “godless” teachers to teach about their religion?

    Do they honestly believe that it will be represented the way they expect it to be?

    How many parent-teacher conferences are about to occur because they have a difference in interpretation of the Bible?

    Such a waste of time and resources.

  25. The neglect and sabotage of the public education system over decades is a large part of what has enabled China to surpass the US is many areas of academic achievement and research, inevitably eroding the US’s economic, technological and military advantages. You would think conservatives would care, but are more interested in their personal interests than the country’s strategic interests.  And their children will probably be getting educated at the best private schools and be guaranteed lucrative jobs. 

    When only privileged classes are able to access good education through private schools, you waste an incalculable amount of untapped potential. And it’s all been by design. Conservative elites in particular have systematically defunded public education, because this is the competition that their children would otherwise have faced. The idea of their kids competing with *poor, lower class* kids was too disturbing. Conservatives talk about how DEI programs are not meritocratic, but this pales in comparison to the lack of options for students and the disparities in quality at high school level. Increasing the quantity of religious education in public schools is just another way to increase the advantages that their kids will have. 

  26. I’ll teach the Bible, as long as I get to teach any part of it. Since the whole thing is the inspired word of God, and everything God did is good, that shouldn’t be a problem.

    Right?

  28. Conservatives really want government employees teaching their children about Jesus?!

    If I was a teacher, I’d choose the most out there parts to teach. God having bears maul children, that time the two sisters slept with their drunk father, Jesus being a communist and saying we should feed the poor.

  31. Oh look more places I’ll never set foot in. Ass backwards states.

  32. There was a time when I’d just shrug and say…the SCOTUS will settle this and overturn this in good order using the first amendment’s… “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”…establishment clause. Then I think…today’s SCOTUS? And now I’m depressed.

  33. Republicans were so concerned with “Learning loss” during COVID lockdowns, but just wait until you see the decline due to spending more time teaching the Bible and less on science…

  35. They should be spending their time improving their non-religious education if they want to be competitive. Students who want more religion can already cary a Bible around with them all the time.

  36. I can see the lawsuits now. Every major religion could insist their holy book be taught as well.

  37. Good. Everyone involved in every level of schooling in the state should go on strike. This is unconstitutional and unacceptable.

  38. Why are Christians so infatuated with telling everyone else how to love their lives?

  41. Oklahoman here. Ryan Walters is the absolute worst, and weird asf. He is only doing this to try to pander to the upper MAGA folks so he can hopefully get picked up by them. Absolutely insane dude. He was kicked out of his (very large) local church here by his awful policies. No one is government really likes this guy either. State Republican reps (who are mostly surprisingly moderate) have spoken against him many times.

    Why did he get elected then? The people Oklahoma simply like shooting themselves in the foot. We are almost last in education, republicans have been in power here for decades. No education, no critical thinking here.

  42. Christian Nationalism. The US Constitution does not support it.

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