Kamala Harris

Joe Biden

Dean Phillips

Marianne Williamson

Donald Trump

Vivek Ramaswamy

Nikki Haley

Ron DeSantis

Cornel West

Robert F. Kennedy

2024 United States Presidential Election

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma public school parent, who signed on to a lawsuit challenging State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ mandate ordering public schools to teach from the Bible, says she is a Republican and devout Christian, but doesn’t want the government making a choice she says should be left up to parents. On Thursday, a group of 32 parents, faith leaders and teachers from across Oklahoma filed  lawsuit asking the Oklahoma Supreme …

tag:reuters.com,2001:binary_PBEAHULAPDO-BASEIMAGE

KFOR-TV

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma County

Oklahoma

United States

Plaintiff in lawsuit over Bible mandate says Walters is violating constitution, religious liberty of students

A group of Oklahoma parents, teachers and ministers are suing to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

Media Bias/Fact Check

Associated Press News

Independent Media

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official's classroom Bible mandate

Petitioners behind the lawsuit include religious leaders, public school teachers and parents in Oklahoma who argue the measure is harmful.

Newsweek

IBT Media

Oklahoma schools superintendent sued over Bible mandate

If the Oklahoma schools chief really wants a Bible that reflects on U.S. history, he need look no further than the 1819 Jefferson Bible.

Los Angeles Times

Patrick Soon-Shiong

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

California

Letters to the Editor: A Bible for Oklahoma schools? Thomas Jefferson had some ideas

A coalition of parents, students, teachers and faith leaders are asking the state’s highest court to block the state superintendent’s mandate to teach the Bible in public schools and his agency’s impending $3 million purchase of Bibles.
They argued that the Bible mandate violates constitutional protections of religious freedom and that the Department of Education doesn’t have the authority to spend state funds on Bibles or dictate schools’ curri…

Raw Story

John K. Byrne

Michael Rogers (publisher)

Families and teachers join demand for Supreme Court to remove Bibles from Oklahoma schools

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of parents of public school students in Oklahoma, United States, along with teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit today seeking to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate...

Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica

Parents and teachers sue to stop Bible mandate in public schools

More than 30 Oklahomans, parents, teachers and faith leaders signed on to the lawsuit.

Koco News5

Hearst Communications

Sacramento

Sacramento County

Lawsuit urges State Supreme Court to block Bible mandate

Nexstar Media Group

Tribune Media

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students in grades 5 through 12. The lawsuit filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court also asks the court to stop Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters from spending $3 million to purchase Bibles in sup…

Morning Sun

Pittsburg Publishing LLC

Pittsburg

Crawford County

Kansas

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official's classroom Bible mandate - The Morning Sun

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A new lawsuit has been filed to stop Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters' mandate that Bibles be placed in every classroom.  More than 30 parents and children, public school teachers, and faith leaders filed the suit, asking the Oklahoma State Supreme Court to block Walters from spending millions of dollars on Bibles.  
	
		OSDE asks for extra $3 million for Bibles in classrooms	   “I am a faith leader who cares dee…

NWAHOMEPAGE

New lawsuit filed against OK Superintendent Ryan Walters Bible mandate

Oklahomans are turning to the legal system to fight back against Superintendent Ryan Walters’s Bible education mandate for public schools.Dozens of parents, teachers, and religious leaders in the Sooner State collectively filed suit Thursday against Walters and the state’s Department of Education, calling on the Oklahoma Supreme Court to intervene in the mandate’s implementation. Walters announced in September that he intended to spend as much a…

Plaintiff in lawsuit over Bible mandate says Walters is violating constitution, religious liberty of students

Coverage Details

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics