Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters, supreme authority state Oklahoma In matters of education, he ordered public schools Include the Bible in classrooms for students aged 10 to 18a measure that occurs soon after a condition Louisiana forced to display ‘Ten Commandments‘ in all grades, from school to university, starting next year.

“The Bible is essential historical document tell our children about this country. Every teacher, every class in the state there will be a Bible in the classroom and the Bible will be taught,” Walters said, according to US television CBS News.

In this sense, he stated that this measure “requiredand that all educational centers must comply with it in “instant” And “strict“and is designed in government offensive state against books about racesexual orientation or gender identity.

Organizations such as the Oklahoma Education Association and Americans United for Separation of Church and State criticized Walters’ decision as a form of “abuse of force” and from “indoctrination“.

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“Public schools are not Sunday schools. They are Christian nationalism Textbook: Walters abuses his position of power to force his religious beliefs on everyone else’s children. Not on our watch,” said the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Rachel Las.

For its part, the Oklahoma Education Association said that while teaching religion and the Bible in historical context is acceptable, it is “not acceptable.”teach religious doctrine“because public schools “can’t instill ideology students with certain religious beliefs” and that this violation of the Constitution from the country.

In response to a memo sent by the State Superintendent. #okladed pic.twitter.com/iXvp04f2TZ

– OK, associate professor of education. (@okea) June 27, 2024

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