Oklahoma's top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms.

  • Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    45·
    6 months ago

    This is all a blatant attempt to rile up the Right. They know this BS is unconstitutional and start the crap just in time for the inevitable court cases to strike then down around voting time. It’s all about getting that outrage boiling

    • reddig33@lemmy.world
      17·
      6 months ago

      Taking the fight all the way to the Supreme Court (where they should lose) costs money. The idiot voters that support this nonsense are sacrificing everyone’s tax dollars to this altar. Meanwhile they don’t have funds to pave roads, etc.

    • Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      6 months ago

      At first I thought, nah, they sincerely believe it’s best and would love to be a martyr. But it’s June, you’re 100% correct, this won’t make it into a classroom.