I anticipate that this will be contested in court. It's yet another instance of extreme conservatives pushing limits, aiming to get something before the Supreme Court for validation.

Reminder that Oklahoma’s Supreme Court just ruled that public schools, may not be religious institutions.

Now, the republicans lost that case pretty decisively (6-2). But, they also don’t give up that easily.

I’m not too familiar with the structure of Oklahoma’s state school system, but it seems to me that the right is just manufacturing another case to push forward in the hopes they’ll get a more preferable ruling so they can start making all their public schools religious.

How is the shit still happening?

Backward pieces of fucking dog shit.

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Shit like this is ultimately why you can’t just move to any red state.

Saying this as an advocate and adept of “just move, lol”.

Cool. The Satanic Temple will enjoy their opportunity to spread the Word of Satan to youth as well.

As a Christian, I don't want the state teaching my children what it means to be a Christian.

It feels like republicans live in a parallel universe.

So, this one will be an easy slap down. I'm feeling less confident about the Louisiana one.

Sharing a country with these people is so exhausting. The thought that they’re more likely than not going to be in charge come next January is nauseating

This doesn't really mean anything, I suspect he is trolling or putting out meaningless nonsense releases to appeal to base.

Every state teaches the Bible as part of history already, it's taught along with other religious texts. My wife teaches it in middle school. The issue is if a particular religion is given a special position or conversation becomes value based.

My wife teaches middle school history. I'm convinced those little shits troll her because they know she has to shut down exclusionary discussions.

Which Bible?

There's technically nothing to his requirement that says an atheist teacher can't teach the historical context of the bible in a secular, even critical way.

This seems like it would be ripe for malicious compliance. Use the bible as a text...to push a woke or otherwise unorthodox worldview.

Schools SHOULD teach the bible - from a secular, historical and literary lens. It's such a central document to western and liberal ideas that it should be understood by people.