Oklahoma Abandons Bible Teaching in a Shock Move That Stuns Conservatives
Remnant Recap
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Lawsuit dismissed: The Oklahoma Supreme Court dropped the ACLU case after new education leaders abandoned the Bible-in-classrooms mandate.
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Policy reversed: Superintendent Lindel Fields and the new board said they will not require or fund Bibles or biblical curriculum.
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Backlash: Former superintendent Ryan Walters says the reversal undermines Oklahoma’s commitment to teaching the Bible’s role in America’s history.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court tossed out the ACLU’s lawsuit over Bible requirements in classrooms, not because the court suddenly embraced traditional values, but because the new state superintendent backed away from the policy entirely.
Lindel Fields and the revamped Board of Education told the court they won’t mandate Bibles, won’t teach biblical principles, and won’t spend taxpayer money on biblical curriculum. That move instantly gave left-wing groups what they wanted. Former superintendent Ryan Walters is right to call out the court and state leadership for abandoning the foundation of Western civilization. When officials retreat, students lose access to the very history that shaped America.
LifeSiteNews reports:
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit by the ACLU and other leftist groups challenging a 2024 mandate requiring Bibles be kept in classrooms and that the Bible be taught.
The dismissal of the lawsuit comes after newly appointed state school superintendent Lindel Fields announced that he had no intention of following his predecessor’s intention of returning Biblical principles to public education, which rendered the legal action moot.
Fields and six other new members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education also told the justices that they would not use taxpayer money to buy classroom Bibles or “biblically-based character education materials.”
The high court in September blocked the state’s new social studies standards that mention the Bible and Jesus’ teachings and previously blocked Bible purchases.
Ryan Walters, the former state superintendent who had issued the pro-Bible guidance, took umbrage with the court’s ruling in September, which he said opposed “conservative values.”
“The Oklahoma Supreme Court is embarrassing and clearly out of step with Oklahomans,” observed Walters. “They’re ignoring the fact that in other states, the Bible is openly taught as the cornerstone of Western civilization. Christianity, American exceptionalism, and conservative values are under attack, and the Oklahoma Supreme Court is leading the assault.”
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