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What's in Gov. Stitt's Order Defending Religious Liberty in Oklahoma April 02, 2025
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt issued an executive order Monday, making Oklahoma "the nation's strongest defender of religious liberty," according to a news release from Stitt's office.The executive order comes just one month ahead of the United State...
Accused Texas Megachurch Pastor to Surrender in Oklahoma March 17, 2025
A former pastor of a Texas megachurch is expected to turn himself into Oklahoma authorities Monday on child sexual abuse charges.Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to surrender to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with fiv...
Former TX Megachurch Pastor Indicted in Child Sexual Abuse Charges March 13, 2025
A former pastor of a Texas megachurch who resigned after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s has been indicted in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges, that state’s attorney general’s office said Wednesday.Robert Preston Morris...
Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case January 27, 2025
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider a high-profile case that could open the door to allowing public dollars to directly fund religious schools.The widely watched case out of Oklahoma could transform the line between church and state in edu...
Could This Tiny School Break Down the Wall Between Church and State? December 13, 2024
“We will bring God back to schools and prayer back in schools in Oklahoma,” Ryan Walters told an audience at a Family Research Council meeting in September last year. The state’s superintendent for public instruction, Walters was appearing at a panel...
Okla. Schools Need 55,000 Bibles. Trump-Endorsed Book Fits the Bill. October 07, 2024
When the education superintendent of Oklahoma, Ryan Walters, ordered this year that every public school classroom in the state must have a Bible in the classroom, he didn’t mention any special requirements.But bid specifications for the Bibles, relea...
Bible in Every Classroom? In Oklahoma, Few Signs it’s Happening August 23, 2024
Three days after Oklahoma’s state superintendent, Ryan Walters, directed every teacher in the state’s public schools to teach the Bible this summer, he walked onstage to a standing ovation.“We’re incredibly proud to be the first state in the country ...
How US Public Schools Became a New Religious Battleground August 08, 2024
It is a foundational democratic tenet taught in every basic U.S. history course: the Constitution bars the government from endorsing an official religion or favoring one over others.But moves by two Republican-governed states - Louisiana's requiremen...
GOP Leaders are Calling for Religion in Schools. It's Not the First Time. August 06, 2024
Oklahoma's top education official ordered public schools to teach the Bible and wants state funding for a controversial religious charter school. Louisiana leaders directed schools to display the Ten Commandments. Texas leaders proposed a curriculum ...
OK Schools Required to Teach Bible, State Superintendent Says July 01, 2024
Oklahoma’s state superintendent on Thursday mandated that all public schools teach the Bible in a move that he said was meant to impart “historical understanding,” but that critics say blurs the constitutional boundary between church and state....
